Former President Donald Trump slammed Special Counsel Jack Smith’s recent filing in his presidential immunity case, calling the Justice Department’s latest charges he tried to overturn the 2020 election blatant “election interference” and “prosecutorial misconduct.”
Responding to news of the special counsel’s 165-page filing Wednesday alleging the former president privately labeled claims of election fraud “crazy,” Trump claimed Smith’s “falsehood-ridden” report was released Wednesday to take attention off of Gov. Tim Walz’s disastrous debate performance the night prior.
“The release of this falsehood-ridden, Unconstitutional, J6 brief immediately following Tim Walz’s disastrous Debate performance, and 33 days before the Most Important Election in the History of our Country, is another obvious attempt by the Harris-Biden regime to undermine and Weaponize American Democracy, and INTERFERE IN THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,” Trump declared on Truth Social.
He went on to say the effort shows Democrats and the “Deep State” are in panic mode, and are trying everything to keep him from returning to office.
“Deranged Jack Smith, the hand picked Prosecutor of the Harris-Biden DOJ, and Washington, D.C. based Radical Left Democrats, are HELL BENT on continuing to Weaponize the Justice Department in an attempt to cling to power. ‘TRUMP’ is dominating the Election cycle, leading in the Polls, and the Radical Democrats throughout the Deep State are totally ‘freaking out.'”
“This entire case is a Partisan, Unconstitutional, Witch Hunt, that should be dismissed, entirely, just like the Florida case was dismissed!” he added.
In a follow-up, Trump dubbed Smith’s case “prosecutorial misconduct,” and accused his political opponents of using lawfare to try to stop him, undermining the very democracy they claim to want to preserve.
“Democrats are Weaponizing the Justice Department against me because they know I am WINNING, and they are desperate to prop up their failing Candidate, Kamala Harris. The DOJ pushed out this latest ‘hit job’ today because JD Vance humiliated Tim Walz last night in the Debate,” Trump pointed out.
“The Democrat Party is guilty of the Worst Election Interference in American History. They are trying to DESTROY OUR DEMOCRACY, allowing millions of people to enter our Country illegally. They are determined to stop us from winning back the White House, sealing the Border, and MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. BUT THEY WILL FAIL, AND WE WILL SAVE OUR NATION!” Trump concluded.
Smith’s filing Wednesday claimed when Trump lost the 2020 election “he resorted to crimes to try to stay in office.”
“With private co-conspirators, the defendant launched a series of increasingly desperate plans to overturn the legitimate election results in seven states that he had lost,” the filing states.
It goes on to say Trump’s speech on Jan. 6 was “designed to inflame his supporters and motivate them to march to the Capitol.”
As Trump highlighted, news of Smith’s filing follows a decisive victory by his running mate J.D. Vance at Tuesday night’s debate, where the Ohio senator not only debated opponent Minn. Gov. Tim Walz, but also CBS News moderators who tried to prevent him from delivering key facts to the American people.