Smith's one of those super straight-arrows; I doubt he'd violate the law in any way to get past this.
My bet is he'll find a way to get this appealed and reversed, because he's a sharp legal mind and she's a sycophantic dingbat.
Their one saving grace
“You said you were going after the worst of the worst, but-"
"No but. You people are the worst."
Also. You're thinking of Stalag 17. 😏
Good. Who cares. Fuck him.
Except it's easier to move a known dead body in public than it is to sneak a live body out of prison in secret.
And remember the stuff about his hyoid bone? The coroner said that the bone was broken in a manner typical to strangulation, and then Bill Barr and others came down on that basically saying "no it wasn't" and then the coroner shut up. If the coroner was in on it, he would have given a more conspiratorially correct autopsy report; and add to that that he spent plenty of time with that body and would have known it wasn't Epstein. He wouldn't have mentioned the hyoid bone if he was covering for a substitute body.
Way I heard it (back in Trump I) was that, yes, his primary motivation was to indulge himself, but he was quite happy to make more bank and influence when Mossad came to him. Who doesn't like to profit off their hobby? And just like the CIA, Mossad doesn't mind at all delving into the nastiest stuff if they can use it against powerful people and profit.
For what that's worth. This came from following NATSEC types on Twitter the first time around.
...Unless you subscribe to the theory that he was the operator of a blackmail factory for Mossad.
Well, look at who he relied on to do the smart thing
Like, backyard? Sure would come in handy after hurricanes.
well, my girlfriend would be a bit upset
...and I'd DEFINITELY need new clothes