Jack Smith and Brian Driscoll on the Weaponization of Justice

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

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🗓️ 8 July 2026

⏱️ 105 minutes

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As the Trump administration continues to weaponize the Justice Department and FBI, Jon is joined by former Special Counsel Jack Smith and former Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll to examine what happens when these institutions are turned against the principles they were designed to uphold. Together, they explore whether the DOJ and FBI are capable of holding power accountable, investigate how the assault on the rule of law has been used to punish and intimidate public servants, and consider what it would take to repair these institutions. This episode is brought to you by: GROUND NEWS - Go to https://groundnews.com/stewart to see all sides of every story. Subscribe for 40% off the Vantage Subscription only for a limited time through our link https://groundnews.com/stewart FACTOR - https://FactorMeals.com/TWS50OFF MINT MOBILE - Shop plans at https://MintMobile.com/TWS Follow The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart on social media for more: > YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@weeklyshowpodcast > Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weeklyshowpodcast > TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@weeklyshowpodcast > X: https://x.com/weeklyshowpod > BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/theweeklyshowpodcast.com Host/Executive Producer – Jon Stewart Executive Producer – James Dixon Executive Producer – Chris McShane Executive Producer – Caity Gray Producer – Brittany Mehmedovic Producer – Gillian Spear Video Editor & Engineer – Rob Vitolo Audio Editor & Engineer – Nicole Boyce Music by Hansdle Hsu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:10.2	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the weekly show podcast.
1:11.0	My name is John Stewart.
1:12.7	It is Tuesday, July 7th.
1:16.1	This will air Wednesday, July 8th.
1:18.8	We're not going to talk about the 250th celebration.
1:29.8	We're not going to talk about the U.S. men soccer teams truly just disappointing performance in their game against Belgium. All those things worthy of episodes.
1:34.7	Not going to be doing it because we have today an unusual opportunity. We have two gentlemen on the show who really should not be on the show. They have lawsuits pending against our federal
1:40.0	government. One of them is seemingly in the crosshairs of the newly weaponized Trump Department
1:48.1	of Justice under the auspices of Mr. Todd Blanche, who is, as you know, an independent observer of law
1:53.7	and not, in fact, the president's former lawyer who is just working on his behalf. Well,
1:59.3	oops, yes he is.
2:03.2	And I will just get to it.
2:08.4	We are surprised and delighted to get an opportunity to speak with these two gentlemen.
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