'Rush, rush, rush': Trump rages against 'nut job' Jack Smith's request for speedy review
Donald Trump Wednesday evening said Special Counsel Jack Smith wants to "rush rush rush" the Supreme Court's review of the former president's argument for immunity in the D.C. elections case.
Trump, who is scheduled to speak in Iowa following a stay in the underlying case, has consistently argued for delays in the trial. But some legal experts have suggested it will be a difficult legal argument to make before the Supreme Court, where a quick victory for him on the presidential immunity issue would equate to a complete dismissal of the case itself.
But that didn't stop Trump from complaining on his social media site, Truth Social:
"So Deranged Jack Smith, the Biden appointed 'nut job' prosecutor with a big record of loses because he goes too far, wants to RUSH,RUSH,RUSH to the Supreme Court on the important matter of Presidential Immunity, something which is so basic to America that it should be automatic," Trump wrote, incorrectly saying Smith has a record of "loses."
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Trump continued:
"He doesn’t want to go to our Highest Court with a loss, or negative opinion, but what he does want to do is INTERFERE WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2024, hoping to damage Biden’s POLITICAL OPPONENT. In other words he want to CHEAT, because if they really wanted SPEED, they would have brought this ridiculous lawsuit 3 years ago, and it would be long ago over," the former president added, ignoring that Smith was appointed about a year ago.
Trump then concluded:
"But no, they Waited, and Waited, and Waited, and brought it right in the middle of my Presidential Campaign - THE DEFINITION OF ELECTION INTERFERENCE!!!"