Donald Trump hurled bribery allegations at an unnamed prosecutor with the Department of Justice in a late-night, all-caps rant.
The former president has reportedly been notified that he's a target of an ongoing criminal investigation into his handling of classified documents, but Trump accused the DOJ prosecutor of offering a judgeship to a lawyer representing one of the witnesses in the case.
"Shocking! One of the top prosecutors at the department of injustice was reportedly so obsessed with 'getting Trump' that he tried to bribe & intimidate a lawyer representing someone being targeted & harassed to falsely accuse & fabricate a story about president Donald J. Trump & a crime that doesn't exist," the ex-president raged in all-caps on Truth Social. "This criminal & salacious act within the DOJ has brought shame & embarrassment to this once great & respected institution. Because of this, there is now extreme turmoil inside the DOJ."
Right-wing reporter John Solomon, whose work played a key role in the Ukraine extortion scheme that got Trump impeached the first time, reported on his Just the News website that the DOJ declined to delay an indictment to investigate claims by the ex-president's lawyers that a senior prosecutor on the case discussed a federal judgeship with the lawyer for a witness.
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The sources directly familiar with the case told Just the News that DOJ declined to delay the planned indictment of Trump to investigate allegations that a senior prosecutor working on the case tried to influence a key witness by discussing a federal judgeship with the witness’ lawyer.
"The lawyer was already in line for consideration by the Biden White House for a judgeship when the prosecutor allegedly raised the nomination while trying to get additional testimony from the lawyer’s client, according to sources familiar with the allegation," Solomon reported.
Deputy attorney general Lisa Monaco notified Trump's legal team the department was rejecting the request for delay, and the sources told Solomon the witness insisted he did not have additional information about the movement of boxes and artifacts at Mar-a-Lago.
"A top overzealous & dishonest DOJ prosecutor offered a witness' lawyer and important 'judgeship' in the Biden administration if his client 'flips' on president Trump, who has done nothing wrong!" Trump raged. "The highly respected lawyer was incensed & disgusted at this corrupt & legal offer. The fake 'case' against me must be immediately dropped, and the inspector general should launch an investigation into this & the many other all too obvious wrongdoings & crimes taking place at the DOJ & FBI!"
