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1 of 2 | U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y. (pictured Tuesday astatine House Speaker Mike Johnson's play property convention astatine nan U.S. Capitol successful Washington, D.C.), revenge an morals title connected Tuesday complete typical counsel Jack Smith's investigations into alleged Donald Trump illegalities. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/UPI | License Photo
April 30 (UPI) -- Special charismatic Jack Smith is interfering pinch nan 2024 predetermination by filing charges against erstwhile President Donald Trump, Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., said successful an morals title revenge Tuesday.
Smith has revenge 2 cases against Trump -- 1 is for allegedly mishandling classified documents and nan different for allegedly interfering successful nan 2020 election.
"It's evident to immoderate reasonable perceiver that Jack Smith is trying to interfere pinch nan 2024 predetermination and extremity nan American group from electing Donald Trump," Stefanik said Tuesday greeting successful a post connected X.
Stefanik included a transcript nan morals title revenge Tuesday pinch nan DOJ's Office of Professional Responsibility against "Biden typical counsel Jack Smith."
"At each turn, [Smith] has sought to accelerate his forbidden prosecution of President Trump for nan clear (if unstated) intent of trying him earlier nan November election," Stefanik added.
"The Justice Department's ain policies intelligibly prohibit Smith from doing so," she said. "And arsenic a DOJ employee, he is bound by those policies."
In nan complaint, Stefanik said Smith has made "multiple attempts to unreserved to proceedings nan national Jan. 6th lawsuit against President Trump" successful usurpation of DOJ policies and many times violated a enactment connected proceedings by continuing nan find process successful nan case.
"President Trump is now nan presumptive Republican nominee for president," Stefanik said. "Biden typical counsel Jack Smith is attempting to expedite nan proceedings successful bid to power nan wide predetermination successful November."
She said national prosecutors can't prime nan timing of immoderate ineligible action to create an advantage aliases a disadvantage for immoderate campaigner aliases governmental party, but Smith, she said, petitioned nan U.S. District Court for nan District of Columbia by requesting a Jan. 2 proceedings date.
She said Smith's ineligible squad produced 13 cardinal pages of find and 3,000 hours of camera footage, which Trump's ineligible squad must review.
Stefanik said Smith besides violated DOJ rules against choosing proceedings dates by petitioning nan Supreme Court to bypass nan national appellate process to expedite nan trial, but nan tribunal connected Dec. 22 denied his request.
"That Jack Smith was solely motivated by nan desire to interfere successful nan November predetermination was efficaciously proven 2 months later" erstwhile Smith opposed Trump's petition to bypass nan national appellate tribunal process to find whether statesmanlike criminal immunity applies successful nan lawsuit against him, according to Stefanik.
Smith based on nan federation has a "compelling interest" successful promptly resolving nan case, which Stefanik questions successful her morals title against him.
"Aside from nan upcoming election, what 'compelling interest' does nan nationalist person successful nan punctual solution of this case?" she asks. "Why should this liking -- based connected an unstated logic -- override nan owed process authorities of a criminal defendant?"
Stefanik successful a separate statement Tuesday besides cited Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's criminal lawsuit against Trump for allegedly committing fraud erstwhile paying erstwhile big movie character Stormy Daniels $130,000 successful speech for signing a nondisclosure statement successful nan run-up to nan 2016 wide election.
"It is crystal clear from nan opening arguments and grounds that this extraordinarily anemic lawsuit is blatant lawfare and predetermination interference during nan tallness of nan statesmanlike campaign," Stefanik said.
"Bragg brought bogus felony charges against President Trump for nan non-felony of booking a 2017 nuisance declare arsenic a 'legal expense,'" she said. "This mentation is truthful baseless that it was antecedently passed complete by nan anterior Manhattan DA, nan Manhattan U.S. Attorney, nan Federal Election Commission and Bragg himself."
Without offering proof, Stefanik said nan "top governmental appointee successful nan Biden Justice Department" was sent to Bragg's agency to target Trump and spot nan lawsuit earlier New York State Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan, who donated to Biden's run and whose girl is "raising tens of millions disconnected this unprecedented case."
"This is corrupt predetermination interference to its core," Stefanik said.
The DOJ declined to remark connected nan matter.
