Former special prosecutor Jack Smith, who prosecuted President Trump in two separate federal cases, was spotted Saturday at an “equity and justice” music festival wearing a “No Kings” T-shirt.
Mr. Smith, who spent years seeking to convict Mr. Trump of crimes related to election interference and improper storage of classified documents, was seen in the shirt at “Power to the People Fest” in Columbia, Maryland.
The black-and-white T-shirt promoted Bruce Springsteen’s Land of Hope and Dreams American tour. “No Kings,” the rallying cry for protests against the Trump administration, was printed across the bottom of the shirt.
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Mr. Springsteen, a vocal Trump critic, performed an anti-ICE protest song at the event.
Several attendees posted photos of Mr. Smith wearing the shirt. It was first reported by Just the News and quickly reposted by Mr. Trump on Social Media.
“Deranged Jack Smith is a Crooked Prosecutor!” the president posted Sunday morning on Truth Social.
Mr. Smith donned the T-shirt days after telling a Senate committee that his Biden-era prosecutions against Mr. Trump failed in part because he didn’t publicize the cases enough to gain public backing.
“I limited myself in who I talked to about that,” Mr. Smith said.
Now, Mr. Smith is all over social media in a shirt representing the grassroots movement to oust the president.
The X handle @MissusLakey posted a photo from the event, sent by a Facebook friend, showing Mr. Smith walking through the concert venue at the Merriweather Post Pavilion sporting the “No Kings” T-shirt and carrying a beer.
“She said people were high-fiving him and taking selfies,” the X user posted.
Festival organizers said the event was about “freedom, justice, equity and rock and roll.”
Mr. Smith, tapped by the Biden Justice Department to investigate and prosecute cases against Mr. Trump, brought two indictments.
One, in Florida, charged Mr. Trump — then between terms — with mishandling classified documents kept at his Mar-a-Lago home. The other, in Washington, charged Mr. Trump with trying to thwart the transition of power by inciting the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The Florida case was tossed by a judge who said Mr. Smith was improperly appointed, and the second prosecution ended when Mr. Trump was elected to a second term.
• Stephen Dinan contributed to this report.
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