President-elect Trump called former Special Counsel Jack Smith “desperate” and “deranged” for releasing his “fake findings” early Tuesday morning after the Justice Department released Smith’s report.
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President-electTrumptookonemoredigatJackSmithaftertheJusticeDepartmentreleasedtheformerspecialcounsel’sreportearlyTuesday.
AttorneyGeneralMerrickGarlandreleasedthefirstvolume,whichfocusesontheelectioncaseagainstTrump,ofSmith’sreportonTuesdayatmidnightafterback-and-forthinthefederalcourtsystem.ThereportwasreleasedatmidnightbecausethatwaswhentheoriginalholdonVolumeOneexpired.Nevertheless,thetimingprovokedaheatedresponsefromTrump.
“ToshowyouhowdesperateDerangedJackSmithis,hereleasedhisFakefindingsat1:00A.M.inthemorning.DidhesaythattheUnselectCommitteeillegallydestroyedanddeletedalloftheevidence,”TrumppostedonTruthSocial.
Inanotherpost,TrumpdismissedSmith’sreport,claimingitwasbasedoninformationgatheredbytheHouseJan.6selectcommittee,whichwasfor