Trump blasts ‘deranged’ prosecutor Jack Smith after report says prez-elect would’ve been convicted had he lost to Harris
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DONALD Trump has ripped the prosecutor investigating allegations of election interference against him, labeling him “deranged and a lamebrain.”. Jack Smith’s bombshell dossier reveals the president-elect would’ve been convicted in his federal case had he not defeated Kamala Harris in November.
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Trump was indicted on a federal level in 2023 over allegations he tried to overturn the 2020 election. It was one of four indictments leveled against the president-elect after he left office. Trump was hit with several charges, but the case never made it to trial before the November presidential election and was subsequently dropped.
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However, Smith's findings were published just one week before Trump's inauguration, when he will be sworn in as the 47th president. Trump took to Truth Social after Smith’s report was released. In one post, he labeled Smith as “deranged and a lamebrain.”.
Smith's report claimed Trump tried to retain power after losing to Biden by "using fraud and deceit.". He also claimed Trump pressured election officials at the state level in a desperate bid to try and change the results. Trump was charged with conspiracy to defraud the US, obstruction and conspiracy to obstruct, and conspiracy against rights.
"The department's view that the Constitution prohibits the continued indictment and prosecution of a president is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the government's proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the office stands fully behind," it said.
