SiriusXM's Megyn Kelly said on her podcast Thursday that Special Counsel Jack Smith is performing Cirque du Soleil acrobatics to turn the case against former President Donald Trump into a crime. spoke.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan released Smith's 165-page legal brief on Wednesday, which cited the Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity in the election interference case against Trump. On “The Megyn Kelly Show,” Kelly criticized Smith's “tracking of papers” on Trump, pointing out that the brief was released less than 35 days before the election.
“Jack Smith was unable to get his D.C. case to a jury before Election Day, and the jury was held in front of Judge Chutkan, a woman who hates him.” “We decided to make that clear in our legal briefs,” Kelly said. “Honestly, in some ways it's better than a trial because this is Jack Smith's side of the story and there's no defense whatsoever. And the quotes that could be taken completely out of context. It seems like it's actually just hurting Trump a month before people go to vote. Sure, this is completely legal and totally non-partisan.”
“For those who keep their records at home, please take a look at this 165-page legal brief, which is approximately 3.5 times as long as the original indictment. And yesterday, at Jack Smith's request, Judge Chutkan accordingly lifted the seal,” Kelly continued. “In this brief, Mr. Smith's team argues again and again that Mr. Trump's plan was a personal criminal act and that he resorted to crime to overturn the election,” Kelly continued. .
Kelly went on to say that the case against Trump has been reviewed repeatedly by both the public and Smith over the past four years, highlighting how the case “lacks context.” (Related article: 'Legally there's no need to do that': Andrew McCarthy calls jury 'poisoned' in Smith brief)
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“Here's my biggest takeaway: Trump behaved badly after he lost the election. And you've heard me say that since Election Day 2020. You've heard me defend Pence, and I know a lot of people don't agree with me,” Kelly said. “That's fine, sometimes we disagree, and often we agree. But this is a personal political matter, not a criminal matter. And Jack Smith is willing to make this one way or another.” Now he reveals this — in this dramatic, “Oh, this is it.” It's not sealed, The public should see it in advance [election day]”
“It's the same thing we've seen. We had an impeachment trial. You know, on January 6th, we had a week-long public censure trial in prime time. The Witness on January 6th has been leading the news on every other news station for a while. As we know, we've been writing the book, but he misbehaved. All of them lacked context, and I'm not saying it was on the same level, but there was a lack of any context when it came to Democratic efforts to overturn the election, including Hillary Clinton and Stacey Abrams. There's a long list. This is now just one guy who clearly can't stand Donald Trump and his 165-page reason,” Kelly said.
Mr. Smith filed a motion in September to release a redacted version of his lengthy brief, but Mr. Trump's lawyers opposed it, saying it amounted to a “frivolous motion for summary judgment in the court of public opinion.” However, the district judge I wrote On Wednesday, Trump's lawyers announced that their claims were “not supported.”
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