Jack Smith.
American journalist, author, and newspaper columnist (1916–1996)

‘Blatant Election Interference’: Gregg Jarrett Roasts Jack Smith’s ‘Irrelevant’ Filing As ‘Bad Detective Fiction’
Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett compared special counsel Jack Smith’s lengthy filing to “bad detective fiction” Thursday, accusing Smith of trying to influence the Nov. 5 presidential election. United States…
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About Jack Smith
Jack Clifford Smith was a Los Angeles journalist, author, and newspaper columnist. His daily column, which ran in the Los Angeles Times for 37 years, expressed "keen observations of the life he loved in ever-surprising Southern California" and was described by former Los Angeles Times Editor Shelby Coffey III as "one of the abiding highlights of the Los Angeles Times." Smith was the author of 10 books, many of them based on his columns, and won the Los Angeles chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists' Distinguished Journalist award in 1981.
Everything about Jack Smith →- Occupation
- journalist, columnist, writer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- August 27, 1916
- Died
- January 9, 1996