Gaetz Accuses Jack Smith of Election Interference in Complaint to DOJ Inspector General

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โ€˜The witch hunt against President Trump by Attorney General Garland and Special Counsel Smith is a partisan exercise.โ€™

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) accused Special Counsel Jack Smith of election interference in a complaint filed with the Department of Justiceโ€™s (DOJ) inspector general on Wednesday.

In a letter to Inspector General Michael Horowitz, Mr. Gaetz asserted that Mr. Smithโ€™s resistance to delaying a trial stems from an unspoken drive to hold it before the upcoming November presidential election.

Last week, former President Donald Trumpโ€™s lawyers and Mr. Smithโ€™s office filed motions requesting different trial dates in the classified documents criminal case in Florida. President Trumpโ€™s lawyers have argued that a fair trial cannot be held in an election year when he is the leading Republican candidate.

โ€œThe witch hunt against President Trump by Attorney General Garland and Special Counsel Smith is a partisan exercise, and the American people know it!โ€ Mr. Gaetz wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

โ€œJack Smithโ€™s attempt to speed up the trial against President Trump violates the DOJโ€™s rules and the law,โ€ he continued. โ€œHis public comments and his officeโ€™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.โ€

In his letter, Mr. Gaetz pointed to statements by Mr. Smith in court filings where he has urged a โ€œrapidโ€ review of the case and stressed its โ€œpublic importance.โ€ This, according to the Florida congressman, shows that the case is an attempt at election interference.

โ€œWere there a legitimate, non-election related purpose for this request, these attorneys, who have filed in appeals courts many times, would have listed such,โ€ Mr. Gaetz wrote (pdf).

โ€œSince charges have been filed and the defendant himself is taking a legal position on timing and lodging various appeals, that justification cannot, for example, be the rights of the defendant under the Constitution or Speedy Trial Act,โ€ he continued.

President Trumpโ€™s legal team made a similar argument last month, writing in a court filing that Mr. Smith was twisting โ€œinto logical knotsโ€ in his argument against delaying the trial.

Byย Caden Pearson

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