Knitting terms re big mike
BO = Bind off; also known as cast-off (especially in the UK)
CO = Cast on (sometimes also cast-off)
Could be Barack Obama?
Time for Obama to go?
Attorney General Merrick Garland named John L. Smith, a former federal prosecutor with experience at the Hague, as special counsel focused on former President Trump’s handling of classified documents and Jan. 6. NBC News’ Hallie Jackson reports on Smith’s background.
After graduating from law school, Smith joined the Manhattan District Attorney's office, serving as Assistant District Attorney. He was a member of the sex crimes and domestic violence units of the DA's office.[8] He joined the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York in 1999. As an assistant U.S. attorney at the Brooklyn-based office, he prosecuted the police officers who sodomized Abner Louima, and secured the death penalty against Ronell Wilson, who murdered two members of the New York Police Department.[3][9][10]
From 2008 to 2010, Smith worked as Investigation Coordinator for the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.[11][10] In that position, he oversaw cases against government officials and militia members accused of war crimes and genocide.[3][9] In 2010, Smith returned to the U.S. to become chief of the U.S. Department of Justice's Public Integrity Section (PIS).[2][10] Among his first responsibilities was evaluating current investigations, and he recommended closing investigations into several members of Congress.[3][a] He spent five years as chief of the PIS, where he prosecuted a variety of corruption cases, including those against Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, U.S. Representative Rick Renzi, New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, and Jeffrey Sterling, a CIA agent who shared national secrets.[12][10]
In 2015, Smith became an assistant U.S. attorney in the Middle District of Tennessee, at Nashville.[13][10] He became the Acting United States Attorney in March 2017 upon the resignation of David Rivera, and resigned effective September 2017 after the nomination of Donald Q. Cochran.[14] Smith became the vice president and head of litigation for Hospital Corporation of America in 2017.[15]
On May 7, 2018, Smith was named to a four-year term as chief prosecutor for the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague, investigating war crimes committed in the Kosovo War,[8][9][13] including the case of Salih Mustafa.[16] He took up the post on September 11, 2018, and was appointed to a second term on May 8, 2022.[8]
Personal life
Smith is a competitive triathlete despite not becoming a swimmer until he was in his mid-thirties.[23][24] In July 2011, he married Katy Chevigny,[25] a documentary filmmaker[24] known for Becoming, an award-winning 2020 documentary of Michelle Obama. They have a daughter.[24] The couple has been living in the Netherlands since 2018.[5]
we just come for a laugh
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/18/1137847204/who-is-doj-special-counsel-jack-smith