Dem probes could ‘torture’ young Trump officials with crushing legal bills, subpoenaed conservative warns
Repeated calls by Democratic lawmakers to investigate President Donald Trump and his allies are raising concerns from a conservative organization previously subpoenaed during former Biden-appointed special counsel Jack Smith’s 2020...
By Fox News · Fox News
Repeated calls by Democratic lawmakers to investigate President Donald Trump and his allies are raising concerns from a conservative organization previously subpoenaed during former Biden-appointed special counsel Jack Smith’s 2020 election investigation, with one of its leaders warning that young professionals could face reputational damage and steep legal bills. Rachel Bovard, vice president of programs at the Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI), said Smith's investigation left her organization on the hook for millions of dollars in fees to ensure compliance with the subpoenas. "Jack Smith was a test run in how to do this," Bovard told Fox News Digital. "Jack Smith basically went in crazy, subpoenaed a host of information across the right. His goal was to map the right, and he did it. And all of that information is still on file at the FBI and the Justice Department. It doesn't go away, so it's sitting there waiting for the next Dem administration to pick it up, and we expect that's what they'll do with it." Though CPI was targeted by the Biden Justice Department and not Congress, Bovard said she fears Democrats will follow what she described as Smith's playbook if they win control of Congress in the midterm elections. HOUSE DEMS PLOT TRUMP INVESTIGATION BLITZ IF THEY SEIZE MAJORITY The concerns come after Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., stated during an event earlier this month at the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics that she wants Democrats to send a "deterrence message" to any young person considering working in the Trump administration. Slotkin said she wants to "not just focus on the president, but on the people who enabled him." "They literally just want to use the government as a political weapon, which is exactly what Jack Smith also did to a bunch of people, including my organization," Bovard told Fox News Digital. "We were never credibly accused of any crime, but we had to spend millions of dollars to comply with subpoenas." Bovard said…