Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday to investigate why special counsel Jack Smith is hellbent on trying President Donald Trump ahead of November.
Gaetz requested DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz look into why Smith tried to leapfrog the judicial system to put Trump on trial so expeditiously.
“The witch hunt against President Trump by Attorney General Garland and Special Counsel Smith is a partisan exercise, and the American people know it,” Gaetz said in a statement. “The actions of the Special Counsel Smith to speed up the trial against President Trump violate the DOJ’s rules and the law. His public comments and his office’s briefs before the Supreme Court demonstrate that he has no reason for his actions other than to unlawfully interfere in the 2024 presidential election.”
Smith frantically begged the Supreme Court in December to expedite the case regarding whether Trump can claim presidential immunity, arguing that there was “public importance” to the case. Smith, working on behalf of the Biden Justice Department, didn’t mention the obvious “public importance” to the Biden administration of dragging its opponent into court before Election Day.
In his filing, Smith said the question of presidential immunity must “be resolved as expeditiously as possible — and, if respondent is not immune, [he must] receive a fair and speedy trial on these charges. The public, respondent, and the government are entitled to nothing less.”
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