'Wacko prosecutor!' Trump throws tantrum over how much Jack Smith has spent to indict him
Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the Prescott Valley Event Center. (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)
July 07, 2023
Former President Donald Trump fired off his latest Truth Social salvo against special counsel Jack Smith on Friday — this time complaining about how much the prosecutor has spent in taxpayer money to investigate him.
"Deranged Jack Smith, the wacko prosecutor that Corrupt Joe Biden and his Thugs stuck on me during the political campaign in which Biden is losing 'BIG' (an absolute No, No!), just announced that he has spent over 9 million dollars, already, on this continuing Witch Hunt," Trump wrote.
By contrast, he complained, "Biden’s Special Prosecutor, by comparison, has spent almost nothing. Prosecutorial Misconduct for purposes of Election Interference!"
This comes after Trump attacked Smith, who brought an indictment against Trump under the Espionage Act for his Mar-a-Lago classified document stash and is investigating his role in the January 6 attack, multiple times on Thursday.
That morning, Trump seized on the story of cocaine found at the White House to accuse Smith of being a "crackhead." Several hours later, he fired off both a press statement and another Truth Social post claiming that Smith cannot charge him under the Espionage Act and the only applicable law is the Presidential Records Act. He didn't provide any evidence of that claim.
And the day before that, Trump posted an all-caps rant proclaiming that his indictment could be "THE POTENTIAL DOOM OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA."