Trump Fumes at Jack Smith’s Bombshell Court Filing, Calling it ‘Election Interference’

Mr. Smith may get the last word on the subject before November, as the former president’s lawyers ask for an extension well beyond election day to reply to the brief.

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President Trump on September 14, 2024, at Las Vegas. AP/Alex Brandon

President Trump is lashing out at Special Counsel Jack Smith for his damning 165-page legal brief to Judge Tanya Chutkan in his election interference prosecution, which includes salacious, previously unreported details about the former president’s alleged scheme to overturn the 2020 election results. Trump’s lawyers have already asked for additional time to respond to Mr. Smith’s treatise, meaning the special counsel may get the last word on Trump’s alleged crimes before the election. 

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