The federal prosecutor who built two criminal cases against President Trump is sounding the alarm about dire threats to the legal system.

In his first public remarks since leaving the Justice Department, former special counsel Jack Smith said he’s sad and angry about the dismissals of career public servants and the loss of credibility the DOJ has suffered this year.

“My career has been about the rule of law and I believe that today it is under attack like in no other period in our lifetimes,” Smith told an audience of students, professors and members of the public at George Mason University

last week.

No national media appeared to be present for Smith’s lecture but NPR later exclusively obtained a recording of the Sept. 16 event from an attendee.

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