{"id":164376,"date":"2026-10-05T14:17:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T22:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/05\/dave-grohl-dedicates-my-hero-to-jack-smith-wears-iowa-hawkeyes-shirt-to-really-twist-the-knife\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T14:17:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T22:17:54","slug":"dave-grohl-dedicates-my-hero-to-jack-smith-wears-iowa-hawkeyes-shirt-to-really-twist-the-knife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/05\/dave-grohl-dedicates-my-hero-to-jack-smith-wears-iowa-hawkeyes-shirt-to-really-twist-the-knife\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Grohl Dedicates \u2018My Hero\u2019 To Jack Smith, Wears Iowa Hawkeyes Shirt To Really Twist The Knife"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former special counsel Jack Smith spent Saturday<\/a> at the Power to the People festival<\/a> at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. That\u2019s the Tom Morello-organized mega-concert raising money for the voting rights groups VoteRiders and HeadCount, and Smith wore a black Bruce Springsteen shirt from the Land of Hope and Dreams tour with \u201cNo Kings\u201d printed across it.<\/p>\n

Nice.<\/p>\n

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I love this! Jack Smith at the Power for the People concert pic.twitter.com\/bkPiLOayBl<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) October 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

That\u2019s the benefit of no longer being a DOJ employee right there. Smith has been the administration\u2019s favorite pi\u00f1ata for more than a year now, including an Office of Special Counsel investigation into whether his political activity violated the Hatch Act<\/a>. And just last month, while Todd Blanche was taking heat for speaking at a political convention<\/a>, the DOJ\u2019s official X account found time to swipe at Smith.<\/p>\n

Smith seemed to be enjoying himself. Video from the show<\/a> has Smith, drink in hand, chatting with concertgoers who came up to thank him, and he was happy to pose with fans of his legal stylings. Not a bad turnout for a guy whose last public appearance was a Senate hearing.<\/p>\n

But Smith\u2019s shirt wasn\u2019t even the best part of the story. Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl dedicated the band\u2019s performance of \u201cMy Hero\u201d to \u201cmy new friend Jack.\u201d He did it wearing an Iowa Hawkeyes T-shirt, which is somehow even funnier.<\/p>\n

For those who missed it, at Smith\u2019s Senate testimony last Tuesday, Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Smith of perjury<\/a> after Smith denied attending an Atlanta Hawks game. Schmitt had his staff hold up a poster board of text messages for the big Perry Mason moment, then called Smith \u201ca total dirtbag.\u201d The game in question was a Hawkeyes game, in Maryland. Schmitt even managed to drag Harvard Law and ASSLaw into the faceplant<\/a> too, by way of the lawyers on his staff.<\/p>\n

Gotta love a front man who shows up with a perjury-trap subtweet on his chest.<\/p>\n

Earlier:<\/strong> Senator Accuses Jack Smith Of Perjury Because Missouri Lawmaker Too Dumb To Know About The Iowa Hawkeyes<\/a>
Eric Schmitt Drags Harvard And ASSLaw Into Jack Smith Hearing Faceplant<\/a>
Todd Blanche\u2019s Latest \u2018Disgraceful\u2019 Act? Speaking At A Political Convention<\/a>
Trump Launches Jack Smith Investigation\u2026 And That\u2019s Probably Going To Backfire<\/a><\/p>\n

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Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of\u00a0The Jabot podcast<\/a>, and co-host of\u00a0Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email\u00a0her<\/a>\u00a0with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter\u00a0@Kathryn1<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky\u00a0@Kathryn1<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Dave Grohl Dedicates \u2018My Hero\u2019 To Jack Smith, Wears Iowa Hawkeyes Shirt To Really Twist The Knife<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJack Smith (Photo by Kent Nishimura\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former special counsel Jack Smith spent Saturday<\/a> at the Power to the People festival<\/a> at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. That\u2019s the Tom Morello-organized mega-concert raising money for the voting rights groups VoteRiders and HeadCount, and Smith wore a black Bruce Springsteen shirt from the Land of Hope and Dreams tour with \u201cNo Kings\u201d printed across it.<\/p>\n

Nice.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the benefit of no longer being a DOJ employee right there. Smith has been the administration\u2019s favorite pi\u00f1ata for more than a year now, including an Office of Special Counsel investigation into whether his political activity violated the Hatch Act<\/a>. And just last month, while Todd Blanche was taking heat for speaking at a political convention<\/a>, the DOJ\u2019s official X account found time to swipe at Smith.<\/p>\n

Smith seemed to be enjoying himself. Video from the show<\/a> has Smith, drink in hand, chatting with concertgoers who came up to thank him, and he was happy to pose with fans of his legal stylings. Not a bad turnout for a guy whose last public appearance was a Senate hearing.<\/p>\n

But Smith\u2019s shirt wasn\u2019t even the best part of the story. Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl dedicated the band\u2019s performance of \u201cMy Hero\u201d to \u201cmy new friend Jack.\u201d He did it wearing an Iowa Hawkeyes T-shirt, which is somehow even funnier.<\/p>\n

For those who missed it, at Smith\u2019s Senate testimony last Tuesday, Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Smith of perjury<\/a> after Smith denied attending an Atlanta Hawks game. Schmitt had his staff hold up a poster board of text messages for the big Perry Mason moment, then called Smith \u201ca total dirtbag.\u201d The game in question was a Hawkeyes game, in Iowa. Schmitt even managed to drag Harvard Law and ASSLaw into the faceplant<\/a> too, by way of the lawyers on his staff.<\/p>\n

Gotta love a front man who shows up with a perjury-trap subtweet on his chest.<\/p>\n

Earlier:<\/strong> Senator Accuses Jack Smith Of Perjury Because Missouri Lawmaker Too Dumb To Know About The Iowa Hawkeyes<\/a>
Eric Schmitt Drags Harvard And ASSLaw Into Jack Smith Hearing Faceplant<\/a>
Todd Blanche\u2019s Latest \u2018Disgraceful\u2019 Act? Speaking At A Political Convention<\/a>
Trump Launches Jack Smith Investigation\u2026 And That\u2019s Probably Going To Backfire<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of\u00a0The Jabot podcast<\/a>, and co-host of\u00a0Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email\u00a0her<\/a>\u00a0with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter\u00a0@Kathryn1<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky\u00a0@Kathryn1<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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