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Trump blasts ‘deranged’ prosecutor Jack Smith after report says prez-elect would’ve been convicted had he lost to Harris
Trump was hit with four indictments after he left office
DONALD Trump has blasted a report that reveals he would've been convicted of election interference had he lost to Kamala Harris.
The tycoon lashed out at Jack Smith, the Special Counsel leading the probe, labeling him "deranged" and a "lamebrain prosecutor."
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Trump was slapped with a federal indictment 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 in 2021.
Trump was charged with conspiracy to defraud the US, obstruction and conspiracy to obstruct, and conspiracy against rights.
The case never made it to trial before the presidential election and was subsequently dropped following Trump's victory.
However, Smith's findings were published just one week before Trump's inauguration, when he will be sworn in as the 47th president.
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 also said to have pressured then vice-president Mike Pence, who was President of the Senate, to change the election result, according to the report.
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Smith revealed that his team had "admissible evidence," which he believes would've helped them get a conviction against Trump - had he not won the 2024 election.
"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," the report said.
Trump vehemently denied any allegations of election interference following his indictment.
Trump took to after Smith’s report was released.
In one post, he labeled Smith as “deranged and a lamebrain.”
The 170-page dossier contained a letter Smith had penned to Merrick Garland, the Attorney General.
Smith described Trump's claims that his actions were influenced by the Biden administration as "laughable."
"It is equally important for me to make clear that nobody within the Department of Justice ever sought to interfere with, or improperly influence, my prosecutorial decision-making," he said.
On Monday, Trump filed a desperate appeal to try and stop Smith's report from being released.
But Aileen Cannon, a district judge, didn't rule in Trump's favor.
Trump statement
DONALD Trump has blasted prosecutor Jack Smith after his dossier claiming the tycoon would've been convicted in his federal election interference case was released.
He posted on Truth Social: "Deranged Jack Smith was unable to successfully prosecute the Political Opponent of his “boss,” Crooked Joe Biden, so he ends up writing yet another “Report” based on information that the Unselect Committee of Political Hacks and Thugs ILLEGALLY DESTROYED AND DELETED, because it showed how totally innocent I was, and how completely guilty Nancy Pelosi, and others, were.
"Jack is a lamebrain prosecutor who was unable to get his case tried before the Election, which I won in a landslide.
"THE VOTERS HAVE SPOKEN!!!"
Smith shelved Trump's election interference case following the tycoon's landslide win in November.
Trump stormed to victory, sweeping the crucial battleground states and becoming the first Republican presidential candidate in 20 years to win the popular vote.
At the time, Smith referred to the Justice Department policy that shields presidents from prosecution.
The case was dismissed without prejudice, meaning charges could be leveled against Trump when he leaves office.
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Smith's decision to drop the case marked the end of the Department of Justice's attempted bid to try and blame Trump for the Capitol riots that took place on January 6, 2021.
The report was published just three days after Trump was sentenced in his business records case.
Trump was given a sentence of unconditional discharge, meaning he was spared jail.
The tycoon was sentenced months after he was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records.
This stemmed from a cover-up payment made to the adult film star Stormy Daniels
As Trump was sentenced before his inauguration, he will be the first convicted felon to serve as president.
Trump had desperately turned to the New York Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court in a bid to delay the sentencing.
But his efforts proved futile.
During the sentencing, Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over the court case, warned: "To be clear, the protections afforded the office of president are not a mitigating factor.
"They do not reduce the seriousness of the crime or justify its commission in any way."
Trump also faced a probe into allegations that he stored classified documents at his plush Mar-a-Lago resort.
This case was dropped last summer.
But, it is possible that another federal government dossier about the case could be released.
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He was also indicted over election interference allegations by the state of Georgia.
Trump was the first ex-president to have a mugshot taken after being arrested in August 2023.
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