A stunning claim…
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith claimed in closed-door congressional testimony on Wednesday that investigators had proof “beyond a reasonable doubt” that President Donald Trump “criminally” conspired to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Smith made the remarks in his opening statement to lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
“I made my decisions in the investigation without regard to President Trump’s political association, activities, beliefs, or candidacy in the 2024 election,” Smith said in his opening statement, which was obtained in advance by the Associated Press. “We took actions based on what the facts and the law required — the very lesson I learned early in my career as a prosecutor.
Smith added that his probe had “developed powerful evidence that showed President Trump willfully retained highly classified documents after he left office in January 2021, storing them at his social club, including in a bathroom and a ballroom where events and gatherings took place.”
Smith’s investigation, which began in 2022, focused on Trump’s alleged effort to overturn his 2020 election loss, as well as the classified documents that were stored at Mar-a-Lago.
Charges were filed in both investigations, but later dropped due to the longstanding DOJ policy against the indictment of a sitting president.
President Trump has yet to comment on Smith’s bold accusation.
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If he has genuine proof, why did he not provide that proof and make it public? What’s stopping him from presenting that proof, even now?
You are absolutely CORRECT! Just like Shiff had evidence that Trump colluded with Russia. NOT!
He’s just like Penci Neck lying Shiff. Where is this “proof”?
That’s supposed to be “Pencil Neck” lying Adam Shiff.
Sounds as if he’s trying to save his a$$! If he had “proof” why didn’t he make it public from the get go? HMMM?
It would be interesting to know what kind of proof this is. Could it be anything like falsifying/fabricating criminal evidence like dossier’s? Could it be like having our intelligence agencies, concealing criminal evidence like abandoned laptops? Why was this criminal activity never prosecuted? The double standard is absolutely disgusting.
Proof? Really?
Let us see.
No? That’s what I thought
Why did he not investigate the election itself? If it was fixed as Trump claims, that would be the first wrong.