McCarthy Says Smith’s End of Investigation Proves Lawsuits Aimed to ‘Prevent Trump from Winning’

Special Counsel Jack Smith has proven that investigations into President-elect Donald Trump were designed as political weapons, former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy said Friday.

United States District Judge Tanya Chutkan privileged Smith’s request Friday to cancel deadlines in his federal election interference case. McCarthy, Trump victory The presidential elections on November 5 made the cases untenable.

“They take the view that the long-standing legal counsel guidance office at the Justice Department says you can neither indict nor prosecute a sitting president,” McCarthy told “America Reports” co-host Sandra Smith. “They accept that President-elect Trump will be confirmed in the joint session of Congress, which, as we all know, will take place on January 6. His victory will be confirmed, state-certified electoral votes will be certified, and he will become the incumbent president for all intents and purposes as of January 20. And they maintain that the cases should not proceed under these circumstances.”

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“They could have suspended them, but I think they take the view that this is termination,” McCarthy continued. “I think this underscores that the rule of law is actually all about preventing Trump from winning. “It doesn’t mean anything now that you’ve won.”

Smith trustworthy Almost two months after the Supreme Court issued a superseding indictment against Trump in August. reigned In favor of Trump’s immunity claims in a lawsuit stemming from an earlier indictment trustworthy By Smith about Trump’s efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Smith unsealed another superseding document indictment On July 27, 2023, amid allegations that Trump retained classified material after special counsel trustworthy 37-count grand jury indictment against Trump and deputy Walter Nauta in June 2023.

Trump still faces a possible sentencing date of Nov. 26 in Manhattan. conviction A lawsuit has been filed on 34 felony charges related to falsifying business records, but New York Judge Juan Merchan will decide on requests to annul the jury verdict on November 12.

“Legal services also have a government component. Judge Juan Merchan, the presiding judge in the so-called hush money case in Manhattan, is expected to rule next Tuesday on Trump’s request to vacate the guilty verdicts, including his immunity claims. So when we see what the Judge (Merchan) does by the end of Tuesday, we’ll get a good read on whether the lesson has been absorbed or not. Because if he rejects Trump’s demands, he has signaled that he may try to punish Trump until November 26. “I hope this doesn’t happen.”

McCarthy also predicted that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis would be named in the indictment. trustworthy The lawsuit against Trump and other defendants, including former Republican Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, over their efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 election in Georgia will collapse.