Trump Denounces Jack Smith for ‘Hit Job’ as He Tries To Keep Prosecutor’s ‘Politically Motivated Manifesto’ From Becoming Public

The 45th president accuses the special counsel of crafting an ‘unprecedented filing with no legal basis’ to keep him from the White House.

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Special Counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks at the Department of Justice on August 1, 2023, at Washington, D.C. Alex Wong/Getty Images

President Trump’s opposition to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s immunity opus — a bout of shadowboxing over a sealed document that could sway the election — escalated on Tuesday with a request that swaths of the prosecutor’s arguments never see the light of day.

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