Former President Donald Trump accused Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith of election interference on Sunday.
“Hillary Clinton deleted 33,000 Emails, many of them Classified, after getting a Subpoena from Congress. Nothing happened to her, & stupid James Comey, then head of the FBI, stated that no reasonable prosecutor would prosecute this,” Trump wrote. “Then why is Deranged Jack Smith prosecuting me when I did nothing wrong, as per the PRA [Presidential Records Act]?”
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“The answer is Election Interference — They are using the Department of Injustice in an attempt to Rig & Steal the Presidential Election on 2024,” Trump continued. “This is Prosecutorial Misconduct!”
On Thursday, the DOJ issued new federal charges in a case accusing Trump of mishandling classified documents, adding charges regarding his alleged destruction of security footage at his Mar-a-Lago home — bringing the total number of criminal counts in the indictment to 40.
In addition to the case surrounding classified documents, Smith is separately investigating the former president over his handling of his 2020 election loss, and is reportedly considering charges in that case.
Before Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicted Trump with the initial 34 counts of falsifying business records, there were 15 polling points standing between Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Trump. But, since the indictment’s announcement in April, Trump’s lead has jumped to 30 points, where it has remained.
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Trump faces a wide-ranging field of 2024 GOP presidential contenders, including former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.
Trump qualifies for the Aug. 23 debate under the Republican National Committee’s polling requirements of obtaining at least 1%, and having over 40,000 individual donors, but will not commit to a loyalty pledge, no matter who wins the nomination. During the 2016 primary debate, he similarly would not commit to another GOP nominee.
