President-elect Trump said Sunday that former special counsel Jack Smith should not be allowed to “issue a 'report' on a complete and utter witch hunt against me.”
“Why would a deranged Jack Smith issue a 'report' on a complete and utter witch hunt against me for strictly political purposes, even though it was removed from the case and ultimately dismissed by the Department of Justice?” Will that be allowed?'' President Trump said on Truth Social. post, using the abbreviation Department of Justice (DOJ).
“So, at best, he has been unfairly implicated in this political persecution and the hundreds of millions of dollars spent by our hapless government have been, simply put, wasted!” he added. . “He has already filled out thousands of rejected statements and documents against me, but it was a 'joke', and the people voted me president in a landslide!”
The Justice Department is seeking the release of Smith's final report on his investigation into the president-elect.
However, there has recently been a legal battle between President Trump and two co-defendants in the Mar-a-Lago documents case, seeking an injunction to block the bulk release of a former special counsel's report on President Trump and the documents case and a separate reinvestigation. are. The president-elect's attempt to block the transfer of power after the 2020 presidential election.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said he would not release the Mar-a-Lago portion of the Smith report because of ongoing litigation against two of the president-elect's co-defendants.
But the release of the rest of the report was delayed after two co-defendants moved earlier this week, and the men asked U.S. District Judge Eileen Cannon for help. Canon blocked the release of the report for an additional three days following the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling. The defendants also sought assistance from the Eleventh Circuit, but the appeals court did not proceed with an emergency motion to block the report's release.
The Hill has reached out to the Department of Justice for comment.
