'They may need lawyers': Jack Smith's office reportedly bracing for Trump's retribution

The 2024 election will decide the next steps of the two federal investigations into Donald Trump.

Speaking to CNN's Jake Tapper, reporter Katelyn Polantz said she'd spoken to several people about what's next from the special counsel. One person in the Justice Department said Jack Smith isn't the kind of person to "fold up the tent" if Trump is elected. He'll likely continue until faced with the promise of being fired "within two seconds."

However, the prosecutor on that team faces another problem. As career employees, they are merely lawyers at the agency, Polantz said. Simply being on Smith's special counsel team could mean they, too, will face Trump's wrath.

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"A lot of them are thinking right now, I'm hearing, about what to do next," she continued. "Do they want to stay in those jobs? Do they leave, and how do they brace themselves for a very likely congressional investigation and other investigations where they may need lawyers of their own?"

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