Birds of "feather" flock together, suckers: Jack Smith, prosecutor/hit man for creepy Joe, who charged Trump, is corrupt, worked w. extortionist, scum

[Apollonian]

BREAKING: Trump Prosecutor, Jack Smith’s Alleged Role In Extortion Scheme While At the International Court of Justice Is Revealed​

By Larry Johnson Dec. 13, 2023 7:00 am

Link: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...smith-alleged-role-extortion/?utm_source=rss/

My old friend and business partner, John Moynihan, filed a whistleblower complaint with the Department of Justice Inspector General’s Office on November 28 alleging that Jack Smith, the Special Prosecutor pursuing Donald Trump, was engaged in an extortion scheme while he was working at the International Court of Justice. (You can find the complaint at the bottom of this linked article by Patrick Byrne.) It is no coincidence that Jack Smith, in the wake of that complaint, made an impromptu move on Monday (December 11) asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether Donald Trump had immunity to the charges filed by Smith. Moynihan’s complaint was filed on November 28, 2023 and Smith, 13 days later decides to bypass the Appeals Courts. Smells like politics.
The Moynihan complaint is political dynamite because it provides circumstantial evidence to support Donald Trump’s belief that Jack Smith is not only politically motivated but corrupt. The Trump team wisely has refrained from piling on this news in order to avoid accusations that this was a manufactured hit job.
Let’s start with the man who brought this complaint. John Francis Moynihan is a former employee of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) and has been my business partner since 1998. We have pursued separate activities over the last four years, but remain in close contact and work on projects from time to time. John is hands down the best expert in the world on money laundering and financial crimes. He lays out his credentials in the opening paragraph of the complaint:

I am currently a consultant to the DEA and other United States law enforcement agencies. I have thirty-five years expe1ience investigating domestic and international money laundering cases in both criminal and civil matters. The cases I have worked on involve complex domestic and international financial transactions and have resulted in indictments, plea agreements, criminal convictions, large scale seizures of money, and
settlements in the billions of dollars. I continue to assist the Department of Justice and the Treasury Department in money laundering and other cases, some of which are currently ongoing.’ All of which is to say that I am a recognized expert in the areas of money laundering and financial investigations.

John learned of Jack Smith’s alleged involvement thanks to a tip from a friend and DEA Agent, who had a confidential informant, who alerted him to the extortion scheme at the ICJ (as stated in the complaint).
The complaint includes affidavits from four people with ties to Kosovo — Milaim Zeka, Edlira Qefalija, Halit Sahitaj and Darko Perovic. I want to focus specifically on the sworn testimony of Halit Sahitaj because it provides the most comprehensive account of the Jack Smith’s machinations at the ICJ and raises serious questions about the integrity of the Court and its trials.
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Sahitaj, an Albanian by birth, lives in Spain and is a wealthy businessman with contacts throughout the Balkans and Russia. According to his sworn affidavit, Sahitaj says he learned of the extortion scheme from a man who used the name “Florian”, who claimed to be an American working for the CIA. “Florian’s” real name is Faik lmeri and he is listed as a Belgian, not an American on his driver’s license. Florian/Imeri first contacted Sahitaj in February 2022.

Faik Imeri

Imeri is not just some bloke masquerading as a CIA asset. He had a direct relationship with Jack Smith and he introduced Halit to Jack Smith and, according to the affidavit:

induced [Halit Sahitaj[ into doing the bidding of the Specialist Prosecutors office to extort Russian oligarchs and the family and friends of Thaci in exchange for leniency. Specifically, Imeri directed Halit to find Russian oligarchs who are on the U.S. sanction list so they could offer “assistance” to get them off the list or, for those oligarchs who were not on the list, to keep them off.

Halit describes in detail 6 interactions with Smith and Imeri over the course of two years (June 2020 to April 2022). Halit’s first introduction to Jack Smith was via phone in June 2020, after he received tasking from Imeri to develop a relationship with a Russian businessman, Valeri Subbotin.

During this conversation, Florian received a phone call. He held the phone for me to see and the display said “Jack Smith” and it had a picture of justice scales for the contact photograph. Florian answered and said, “Hello sir, I am with our new man from Spain.” Florian put the phone on speaker and a male voice in perfect English said, “Hello, it is nice to meet you.” We finished the meeting and I returned to Spain.
Exhibit C, page 2

In July 2020, Imeri told Halit that Jack Smith wanted his help in gathering evidence to be used against Albanian government officials.

I continued daily contact with Florian throughout July. One day, Florian called and informed me that Jack Smith is preparing to arrest the entire top government people in Kosovo. We continued to talk about this subject for several days and weeks. During one conversation, Florian told me that Jack Smith thinks that I could help him prepare for court proceedings. l readily agreed to help.

Exhibit C, page 2

In August 2020, Imeri contacted Halit and tasked him with contacting three “war criminals” in Kosovo. Imeri said that Jack Smith’s office was going to leak dossiers on the three individuals and that Halit’s job was to contact them and solicit a bribe. Halit did as instructed and incurred the wrath of the three targets. His next conversation with Imeri was unpleasant, with Imeri accusing him of botching the bribe request. To earn the trust of Smith’s operation, Halit was asked to “donate” more than $400,000 to a black fund used by the Prosecutor’s office. Halit did as instructed:

Two or three days later, Florian called. He told me that someone wanted to thank me for my donation. He put someone else on the phone who thanked me very much for my donation. I recognized the voice as Prosecutor Jack Smith as we had one discussion on the phone in June of 2020. He said that Florian would be in touch with me about future operations. Florian and I resumed our daily phone conversations.
Exhibit C, page 3

Halit’s next task was to provide false testimony at The Hague against Kosovo’s President Thaqi

Florian asked if I would be ready in two or three hours. He asked me if I had a pen to take notes of my instructions. I heard a person in the background, and I recognized the voice. Florian called him by name, Jack. Jack spoke to him in English, and Florian spoke to me in Albanian. I took notes of my instructions in my notebook of the testimony I was to give. After this conversation, Florian told me to go to the hotel that he provided close to the Prosecutor’s office in The Hague.
Exhibit C, page 4

Halit’s affidavit describes in detail his testimony presented under questioning by one of Jack Smith’s long time associates, David Harbach. Halit reports this conversation with Harbach:

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As small talk, I asked David, “Where is Prosecutor Jack Smith?” David said, “At the moment, Jack Smith is not here but I have been informed by Jack that you will come for this testimony.”

Exhibit C, page 4

Halit did not have to wait long. After leaving the Hague by car he got a text message from Imeri.

About two hours into my trip, Florian sent me a screenshot of a phone message he received from Jack Smith. In the screenshot, the message said, “Your Spanish friend has done a good job” with a thumb’s up emoji.
Exhibit C

Halit’s work for Jack Smith’s office was not over. His next targets, Russian oligarchs:

After I returned home, I maintained daily contact with Florian. He mostly asked about Russian oligarchs. He tasked me with finding Russian oligarchs who were on the U.S. sanction list so that we could offer to assistance to get them off the list or keep them off the list. I asked Florian what the procedure would be if I found people on the sanction list. Florian explained that there are two important criteria for the individuals. First, they would have to sign a contract to work for the Agency and give us information about Vladimir Putin. Second, they would have to pay money into the black fund for operational expenses. I immediately said to Florian that if this is not true, please do not make trouble for me with
the Russians. I did not want to risk my life nor the lives of my family if this was not true. Florian explained that he had spoken directly to Prosecutor Jack Smith about this. Smith had told him that he had colleagues in OFAC and this was all possible. He told me that during this operation I would be working directly for Jack Smith.
Exhibit C, page 5

Halit concern that such activities could create some real problems for him were not unfounded. Imeri, sensing his discomfort, provided Halit with the best reassurance — a call from Jack Smith.

On November 7, 2020, Florian called. He said I have someone that wants to speak with you. Then, Jack Smith got on the phone. He said he is very grateful for my help in Kosovo. Smith also said that they could not have made the arrests without my help.

Exhibit C, page 5

During the next 11 months, Halit’s world was turned upside down. He was arrested and imprisoned in Spain on money laundering and weapons charges. If you think those developments were sufficient to scare off Jack Smith from continuing a relationship with Halit, think again. Halit got another phone call from Jack.

Two days later, Florian called. He stated that Prosecutor Jack Smith wanted to speak with me. I could hear Smith speaking in English to Florian who translated to me. Smith said that he was sorry about what happened to me and my family. He said he had done everything he could to help me get out of prison. Smith also said that it would be good for me to continue to speak with the Russian oligarch regarding his case.
Exhibit C, page 6

According to Hilat, Smith’s interest in the Russians had a U.S. connection — Hillary Clinton.

Near the end of January, Florian called me to tell me that he had spoken with Jack Smith. He told me that Jack Smith wanted to know if Potanin was still in possession of evidence of corruption by Hillary Clinton. Or, if he had shared the evidence with anyone in the Secret Service.
Exhibit C, page 7

How did Jack Smith know that the Russian Potanin possessed incriminating evidence about Hillary Clinton? And why was a prosecutor with the International Court of Justice meddling in that area? Legitimate questions that merit an investigation.
As time progressed Halit realized he had been used maliciously to prosecute President Thaqi and tried to make amends. He contacted the ICJ and confessed that he had fabricated testimony at the behest of Imeri and Jack Smith. That got some attention.

On approximately April 22, 2022, I received a Signal call from Alan Teiger. On the call was a translator, Alan Tieger, and two investigators. We spoke for around one and half hours. Mr. Alan Tieger can provide the details of the conversation. However, Mr. Tieger informed me that they were going to record the conversation, and everyone consented, so I recorded it as well. I can provide a true and accurate copy of that recording.
Weeks later, I received a phone call from my intermediary with the two Russian oligarchs. The intermediary told me that my CIA contact had extorted $16,000,000 in USD from the Russians. I asked how the CIA had done that. The intermediary told me that Michal Prochorov had paid seven million and Vladimir Potanin paid nine million. The intermediary told me that Prochorov said that I know owe him seven million dollars.
Exhibit C, page 9

So far Halit is still alive. He is in a pickle because the Russian, Michal Prochorov, blames him for having to pay $7,000,000 dollars. But that is not the meat of this story. What the hell was Jack Smith doing?
The allegations by Halit and the others are backed up with significant documentary/electronic evidence. But there are broader issues at play and these demand answers. If the allegations of Milaim Zeka, Edlira Qefalija, Halit Sahitaj and Darko Perovic are true then it calls into question the objectivity and fairness of the ICJ. The affiants’ accounts of the coercive and illegal activities allegedly carried out by Jack Smith indicate that this Court was engaged in a political mission in service of U.S. foreign policy rather than a search for justice.

 

[Apollonian]

Top CNN legal analyst says Jack Smith is 'racing against the clock' to imprison Trump before 2024 election​

"He wants this case to result in conviction."

Link: https://thepostmillennial.com/top-c...rump-before-2024-election?utm_campaign=64466/

Katie DaviscourtSeattle WA
Dec 17, 20233 Minute Read

Biden's special counsel Jack Smith wants former President Donald Trump to be imprisoned before the US 2024 presidential election and is "racing against the clock" to ensure there's a conviction, according to CNN legal analyst Elie Honig.

On Saturday, Honig explained that Smith is trying to accelerate the many criminal indictments he has levied against Trump with one goal only: a conviction that would place Trump in prison which would ultimately thwart his campaign efforts.

Donald Trump, who is facing 91 felony counts in four criminal cases, has maintained his innocence and claims that he has been unfairly targeted due to a weaponized criminal justice system at the hands of President Biden and his administration.

"Just look at Jack Smith's conduct in this case. The motivating principle behind every procedural request he's made has been speed, has been getting this trial in before the election," Honig said on CNN.

"Let's take a couple of examples. The trial date. The average federal conspiracy and fraud trial takes about a year and a half to two years between indictment and trial," Honig said. "Jack Smith originally requested a trial date for Donald Trump, a far more complex case, five months out. He wanted a January trial. It was set for two months later. So, Donald Trump is being given far less time to prepare."

"This week, Jack Smith won an argument on immunity in the district court and then went right to the Supreme Court. The only reason you ask the Supreme Court to do that on an expedited basis is if you're racing against the clock, and Jack Smith clearly is doing that here," Honig claimed.

The CNN senior legal analyst agreed with President Trump's assessment that Jack Smith's indictments are politically motivated.

"Jack Smith is trying to get this case tried before the election and ... that is political," said Honig. "Jack Smith doesn't just want to get this trial done and let the chips fall where they may and let the consequences be what they can be."

"He's the prosecutor. He believes this case. He wants this case to result in conviction. And so his position isn't just, well, I want this case tried before the election. His position really as a practical matter is I want Donald Trump convicted before the election...It's his job to want and try to convict Donald Trump now that he's indicted. But the second part of that, before the election, that's where it crosses the line to the political in my view," he explained.

Special counsel Jack Smith has handed down multiple criminal indictments to former President Donald Trump since the current GOP frontrunner announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election. These include the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, the Jan. 6 Capitol riot conspiracy case, and others.

Trump claims that these indictments are politically motivated and are meant to influence the outcome of the election.

However, even if Trump were to be convicted, the convictions would not prevent him from becoming the next president if he were to be elected to the White House in 2024, as per the US Constitution. Trump says the criminal indictments are an attempt to thwart his campaign efforts. Trump is currently leading President Biden in every swing state, according to a recent poll.

 

[Apollonian]

Well sportsfans, looks as if Sup. ct. of Jew S A didn't see things Jackie Smith's way, turned down his motion to expedite decision on Presidential immunity, implicitly refusing to "interfere" in present election

 

[Apollonian]

Jack Smith Moves To Prevent Jury From Hearing Evidence About Jan. 6 — In His Jan. 6 Case Against Trump!​

by Jamie White
December 27th 2023, 2:51 pm

Link: https://www.infowars.com/posts/jack...-about-jan-6-in-his-jan-6-case-against-trump/

President Trump fires back, calling Smith's effort to stifle his First Amendment right to defend himself "illegal" and "unconstitutional."

Special counsel Jack Smith filed a motion Wednesday asking the Washington D.C. court to prevent the jury in his January 6 case against Donald Trump from hearing about evidence related to the January 6 riot.

You cannot make this up.

Smith in his court filing argued that former President Trump shouldn’t be allowed to make “irrelevant” claims blaming January 6 on others.

“Through public statements, filings and argument in hearings before the court, the defense has attempted to inject into this case partisan political attacks and irrelevant and prejudicial issues that have no place in a jury trial,” the filing states.

As part of Smith’s effort to prevent Trump from waging “political attacks” in the trial, he requested that District Judge Tanya Chutkan preclude January 6 evidence from being presented in his January 6 case.
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Smith said he wants the court to “exclude evidence regarding agency preparation for, and responses on January 6”, claiming it qualifies as “disinformation.”

NEW: Jack Smith, in likely vain attempt to keep March 4 trial date, filed another pretrial related to what the jury should be allowed to consider. (All pretrial deadlines now on hold)

Smith wants to preclude the jury from hearing evidence about Jan 6 in his Jan 6 case: pic.twitter.com/m8hgn6eGoJ
— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) December 27, 2023

This is likely because the jury would learn that not only did Trump request the National Guard to protect the Capitol building prior to the January 6 protest, but that his request was rejected by former Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi; not exactly a sign Trump was planning an “insurrection.”

Next, Smith asked for the court to deny evidence from being presented evidence of undercover federal agents provoking protesters at the Capitol on January 6.

“Evidence of undercover actors holds no probative value here,” Smith argued.

Smith wants to prevent jury from learning about presence of undercover agents: pic.twitter.com/Z4fCQN4o9P
— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) December 27, 2023

Smith then called for all evidence related to U.S. government warnings of foreign actors interfering in the 2020 election withheld from the jury.

“After warnings by govt officials in 2016 and 2020 that malign foreign influences were attempting to interfere in national elections, Smith wants any evidence related to 2020 warnings kept from the jury,” reporter Julie Kelly explained.

Smith in his filing called those official claims of foreign interference “false” and argued that their inclusion as evidence would only “confuse” the jury.

After warnings by govt officials in 2016 and 2020 that malign foreign influences were attempting to interfere in national elections, Smith wants any evidence related to 2020 warnings kept from the jury pic.twitter.com/GoNJykzc1r
— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) December 27, 2023

Finally, Smith pleaded for the court not to let Trump point out to the jury that a political and selective prosecution is, in fact, political and selective.

“Much as the defendant would like it otherwise, this trial should be about the facts and the law, not politics,” Smith said.

Jack Smith does not want Trump to point out to the jury that a political and selective prosecution is political and selective pic.twitter.com/oVHCtYiMMg
— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) December 27, 2023

If Smith really wanted “facts and law” to prevail, why try to prevent so many facts from reaching the jury?

And if Smith really cared about the “facts and the law” and not “politics”, he wouldn’t have overstepped the appellate court to request the Supreme Court expedite his case to review the question of whether Trump has immunity from prosecution for challenging the results of the 2020 election.

Smith’s request was promptly denied by the U.S. Supreme Court, which was a political setback for Smith, who wanted to start the 2020 election trial against Trump on March 4, just the day before Super Tuesday.

In point of fact, Smith’s timeline of Trump’s trial developments reveal that his efforts are entirely politically motivated.

Deep State sent into PANIC after Fox News blows up damning timeline exposing politically coordinated lawfare against President Trump ahead of 2024 on MASSIVE floor-to-ceiling screen pic.twitter.com/XE7LmHucNf
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) December 18, 2023

Trump responded with statement on Truth Social blasting “deranged” Smith, claiming his effort to prevent Trump from exercising his First Amendment right to defend himself was not only “illegal” but also “unconstitutional.”

Crooked Joe Biden’s errand boy, Deranged Jack Smith, is obsessed with attacking your favorite President, me, and with interfering in the 2024 Presidential Election, which I am Dominating. Deranged Jack is so Viciously and Desperately Angry that the Supreme Court just unanimously rejected his flailing attempt to rush this Witch Hunt, that he is ignoring the Law and clear instructions from the D.C. Court that this “case” should be stayed, and there cannot be any more filings. Today’s pathetic motion is not just Illegal, it is also another Unconstitutional attempt to take away my First Amendment Rights, and to prevent me from saying the TRUTH — that all of these Hoaxes are nothing but a political persecution of me, the MAGA Movement, and the Republican Party by Crooked Joe and his Despicable Thugs. The Radical Left Communists, Marxists, and Fascists are petrified of me speaking the TRUTH because the American People don’t want them destroying our Country. Make America Great Again!

Read Smith’s filing: [ck site link, above, top]

 

[Apollonian]

Jewwy FOX News morons introduce shyster-professor, Jonathan Turley, as subject of int.-view, but never get to him as interjected guest monopolizes the entire vid, even though what she says is quite true and well-taken on this evermore GROSS, overt attempt of fascist globalist-satanists to arbitrarily REMOVE Trump fm any chance of being Pres. U stupid puke, called, "the people," need to face the sad facts that only real next step is ASSASSINATION of Trump, stupid morons--present-day Jew S A is like mid-1930s Spain, civil war going on, ready to flare up to outright military combat. No wonder globalist-satanists have so carefully placed their people in military command slots and places, like that fat, p.o.s. Milley, and nigger Sec. Def.

 

[Apollonian]

Jack Smith Court Filing — ‘If Trump is reelected he will incite his supporters to murder Democrat politicians.’ Jack Smith jumps the shark. This is insane.​

January 5, 2024 3:04 pm by CWR

Link: https://citizenwatchreport.com/jack...ns-jack-smith-jumps-the-shark-this-is-insane/

[see vid at site link, above]

Politico: Jack Smith’s ‘TEAM’ are the exact same people that were working for Robert Mueller

The Clinton exoneration FBI Team became the Trump investigation FBI Team (Crossfire Hurricane).
-which then became the Robert Mueller FBI Team (exact same people, plus some additions)

– which then became the J6 Investigation FBI Team (exact same people, plus some additions)
– which then became the Jack Smith FBI Team (same exact people).
Not only is it one long continuum, but it’s also the EXACT SAME PEOPLE.

Mary McCord
Mary McCord sits at the center of every table in the manufacturing of cases against Donald Trump

See also Melania wants Tucker Carlson to be VP of Trump in 2024

– Andrew Weissmann, who ….created the Lawfare arguments that Jack Smith is using is working with Mary McCord
Jan. 6 select panel was working with Mary McCord.
Kevin Clinesmith just before the final application was submitted (October 21,2016) was placed under Deputy Asst. Attorney General, Mary McCord.

Mary McCord who did the actual process of filing the application and gaining the Title-1 surveillance warrant.
– Mary McCord went with Deputy AG Sally Yates to the White House to confront Trump’s WH counsel Don McGahn over the Michael Flynn interview with FBI agents

Michael Atkinson
-At the time the Carter Page application was filed (October 21, 2016), Mary McCord’s chief legal counsel inside the office was a DOJ-NSD lawyer named Michael Atkinson.

See also 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad's' Robert Kiyosaki Says He's $1.2 Billion In Debt Because 'If I Go Bust, The Bank Goes Bust. Not My Problem'

-The Ukraine Phone call Impeachment Hoax. It was enabled when the IG of CIA Intelligence Community changed the Whistleblower Form. That change allowed a Whistleblower to make a charge without specific evidence. The change was made in 2019.
Who was the Intelligence Community Inspector General? Michael Atkinson.

Michael Atkinson turned over the whistleblower complaint to the Schiff/Nadler Committee. who did Michael Atkinson give the complaint to? Mary McCord…who was now the Committee’s counsel.
Oh…and after the FISA court discovered that James Boasberg had been lied to, he appointed an amici curiae advisor to the court who would monitor the DOJ-NSD submissions and ongoing FBI activities.
The amici curiae advisor he selected? Mary McCord, the person who oversaw the fraudulent document in the first place.

 

[Apollonian]

Pres. of USA must have immunity for good of people to know Pres. will act in effective manner to protect people and administer law

 

[Apollonian]

Jack Smith Accused of Concealing Evidence, Colluding With Biden Admin​

By Brian Freeman | Wednesday, 17 January 2024 12:50 PM EST

Link: https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/jack-smith-classified-documents/2024/01/17/id/1149939/

[see vid at site link, above]

Special counsel Jack Smith concealed evidence about his office's collaboration with the Biden administration, Donald Trump's lawyers alleged in a filing in the Florida case regarding the former president's handling of classified documents, the Daily Caller reported.
Trump's lawyers claimed in the 68-page filing that they received heavily redacted documents from a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request revealing "politically motivated operatives in the Biden administration and the National Archives and Records Administration" (NARA) have been pushing the classified documents investigation since 2021.
The former president's lawyers added the documents obtained through FOIA "should have been disclosed by the [special counsel's] Office, in unredacted form, at the outset of the case" and asked the judge to require Smith to provide any "additional evidence of bias and political animus."
"The Special Counsel's Office has disregarded basic discovery obligations and DOJ policies in an effort to support the Biden administration's egregious efforts to weaponize the criminal justice system in pursuit of an objective that President Biden cannot achieve on the campaign trail: slowing down President Trump's leading campaign in the 2024 presidential election," Trump's lawyers argued.
"The patent absurdity of the Office's efforts is illustrated by the fact that, while working toward a historic landslide victory in the Iowa caucuses yesterday, President Trump was also preparing to bring to Your Honor's attention today the record of misrepresentations and discovery violations that have marred this case from the outset and illustrate that the Office has disregarded fundamental fairness and its legal obligations in favor of partisan election interference."
The details from the FOIA request, "coupled with other evidence scattered throughout more than 1.2 million pages of discovery, reflect close participation in the investigation by NARA and Biden Administration components such as the White House Counsel's Office, as well as senior officials at DOJ and FBI."
The filing stated that the former president will also "dispute at trial the contentions by the Special Counsel's Office that Mar-a-Lago was not secure and that there was a risk that materials stored at those premises could be compromised."

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Trump lawyers obtain documents through FOIA revealing Special Counsel concealed collaboration with Biden administration​

Trump’s lawyers asked the judge to require Smith to produce any “additional evidence of bias and political animus"​

LAST UPDATED: 2024/01/18 AT 5:25 PM
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Link: https://leoterrell.com/2024/01/18/t...aled-collaboration-with-biden-administration/

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Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers claim special counsel Jack Smith concealed evidence about his office’s collaboration with the Biden administration. The allegation took place in a 68-page Wednesday filing in the Florida case, concerning his handling of concealed documents.
Trump’s legal team asserted they obtained “heavily redacted” documents through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request revealing “politically motivated operatives in the Biden Administration and the National Archives and Records Administration” (NARA) have been involved in pushing the classified documents probe since 2021.

Trump’s lawyers asked the judge to require Smith to produce any “additional evidence of bias and political animus,” writing that the documents obtained through FOIA “should have been disclosed by the Office, in unredacted form, at the outset of the case.”
“The Special Counsel’s Office has disregarded basic discovery obligations and DOJ policies in an effort to support the Biden Administration’s egregious efforts to weaponize the criminal justice system in pursuit of an objective that President Biden cannot achieve on the campaign trail: slowing down President Trump’s leading campaign in the 2024 presidential election,” the filing alleges.
“The patent absurdity of the Office’s efforts is illustrated by the fact that, while working toward a historic landslide victory in the Iowa caucuses yesterday, President Trump was also preparing to bring to Your Honor’s attention today the record of misrepresentations and discovery violations that have marred this case from the outset and illustrate that the Office has disregarded fundamental fairness and its legal obligations in favor of partisan election interference.”
The details from the FOIA request “add force to President Trump’s long-held position regarding the scope of the prosecution team,” his lawyers claimed. “The FOIA releases, coupled with other evidence scattered throughout more than 1.2 million pages of discovery, reflect close participation in the investigation by NARA and Biden Administration components such as the White House Counsel’s Office, as well as senior officials at DOJ and FBI,” they wrote. “These revelations are disturbing but not surprising.”

The filing notes that Trump will also “dispute at trial the contentions by the Special Counsel’s Office that Mar-a-Lago was not secure and that there was a risk that materials stored at those premises could be compromised.”
The Daily Caller News Foundation reports “specific disclosures requested by Trump’s team include any communications by members of Smith’s team with the Biden administration, communications between the Biden administration and Fulton County prosecutors, evidence of bias in the intelligence community and evidence of ‘improper coordination’ with NARA, among others.”

 

[Apollonian]

Trump trial on fake charges quite unlikely before election, suckers