{"id":1976824,"date":"2023-07-18T22:28:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T02:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-slams-nasty-special-counsel-jack-smith-in-hannity-town-hall-as-indictment-looms\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T22:31:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T02:31:00","slug":"trump-slams-nasty-special-counsel-jack-smith-in-hannity-town-hall-as-indictment-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-slams-nasty-special-counsel-jack-smith-in-hannity-town-hall-as-indictment-looms\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump criticizes special counsel Jack Smith as indictment approaches during Hannity town hall."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-slams-nasty-special-counsel-jack-smith-in-hannity-town-hall-as-indictment-looms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976824&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former \u2064President \u2064Donald Trump Slams \u2063Department of Justice \u200dfor\u2064 &#8220;Election Interference&#8221;<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This\u200c guy is\u2064 a \u2064deranged\u200c prosecutor\u200b who\u200b has\u200b had\u2064 tremendous failures\u200b all\u200c over the\u2064 place. \u200cHe&#8217;s a nasty,\u2064 horrible\u2062 human being,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Donald\u2062 Trump<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Republicans Criticize\u200c DOE\u2062 Gas Stove\u200c Proposal as an &#8220;Alarming\u2064 Violation&#8221; of \u200cLaw<\/h3>\n<p>In a \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">town hall<\/a>\u2064 with Fox \u2064News,\u200b former \u200dPresident\u2063 Donald\u2062 Trump\u200d expressed\u2064 his \u200boutrage\u200c towards\u2062 the \u200bDepartment of\u2063 Justice\u200c and\u200c special\u200d counsel Jack Smith, \u200caccusing\u200c them of engaging in\u200c &#8220;election interference.&#8221; Trump, \u200cspeaking\u2063 to\u2062 Sean Hannity \u200din Cedar \u2063Rapids, \u2062Iowa,\u200c referred to\u2064 Smith as\u2063 a\u2062 &#8220;nasty, horrible\u2062 human being.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 town hall\u2064 took place after Trump\u2063 revealed\u2063 that he\u2062 had received \u200da letter\u200d from\u2062 Smith,\u200d stating\u2063 that\u2062 he\u2064 was a &#8220;target&#8221; of\u2062 the investigation into \u200bthe January 6 Capitol riot. \u2062The\u200c letter also required Trump to report to the grand jury\u2064 within \u200cfour days. While\u2062 the letter \u2064does not\u2063 guarantee an\u200c indictment, it \u2062suggests the\u200c possibility \u200bof one in the future. \u200bTrump, however,\u200d interpreted it as an indication\u200b of \u200can \u200cimminent\u200d arrest and \u2063indictment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s\u2062 election interference. Never \u2064been\u200d done like this\u200d in the \u2064history of \u200cour country, and it&#8217;s \u200ba\u2064 disgrace,&#8221; Trump\u2062 declared\u200c on \u2063Tuesday. \u200dHe further expressed his concerns about the \u200bstate\u200c of\u200d the nation, stating,\u2063 &#8220;We&#8217;re \u200dgoing into an almost communistic\u2063 state, and\u200c I think\u200c maybe we&#8217;re even there. \u2064When you \u2062look at \u200cwhat \u2062they&#8217;re doing\u2063 with\u2063 the Department\u200b of Justice, \u200dthey&#8217;ve\u2064 totally \u2063weaponized\u200b it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump has \u200bpreviously faced indictments \u2064in \u200dJune \u200bfor \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-slams-nasty-special-counsel-jack-smith-in-hannity-town-hall-as-indictment-looms\/\" title=\"Trump criticizes special counsel Jack Smith as indictment approaches during Hannity town hall.\">allegedly \u2063mishandling\u200d classified documents<\/a>\u2062 and in late \u2064March for\u2063 a\u2062 hush money \u200cpayment \u2064scheme. He \u200bpleaded\u2064 not\u200d guilty to all charges. \u2063Additionally,\u2064 he could \u200bpotentially face\u200b another indictment\u2062 related to \u200ca Georgia investigation into \u2063his efforts to overturn \u200dthe\u2064 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>Despite \u2062the \u200clegal challenges, \u200bTrump\u200b received\u200d support from \u2063allies\u200b such\u200b as \u2064House Speaker \u200cRep. Kevin\u200c McCarthy, \u200dRep. Byron Donalds, \u2062and \u200bRep. \u2062Majorie Taylor\u2062 Greene. Governor\u200d Ron DeSantis,\u2064 who \u2062is considered \u2062a\u2062 top \u2063rival for\u200b the 2024 presidential race,\u2064 also defended\u200b Trump, expressing \u2062his hope that he \u2063would\u200c not be charged.<\/p>\n<p>During \u2062the \u2064town hall, Trump shifted \u2062his focus \u2063to\u2062 criticize \u200cDemocrats,\u200c including Hillary Clinton \u200cand Hunter\u2064 Biden, for\u200d receiving what \u2064he \u200cperceived\u200b as \u200bunfair\u2062 treatment \u200dfrom \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-jordan-considers-holding-mark-zuckerberg-in-contempt-of-congress\/\" title=\"Rep. Jordan mulls holding Zuckerberg in contempt of Congress.\">federal \u2063agencies<\/a>. He\u2064 specifically mentioned \u200dHunter\u200d Biden&#8217;s \u2062recent \u2062guilty \u200cplea \u200cfor\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arrest-made-in-connection-to-overdose-death-of-robert-de-niros-grandson-report\/\" title=\"Arrest made in Robert De Niro's grandson's overdose death: Report\">federal charges\u2062 related<\/a> to\u200c tax\u2063 evasion and\u2063 illegal \u2062possession\u2062 of\u200c a \u200bfirearm, \u2064comparing \u2063it\u2064 to a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-mere-traffic-ticket-trump-slams-doj-for-hunter-biden-plea-deal\/\" title=\"Trump criticizes DOJ for lenient Hunter Biden plea deal, calls it a minor traffic ticket.\">mere traffic ticket<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What happened\u2064 to Hunter is\u200c you got \u200ca\u200b traffic \u2062ticket.\u2063 Other \u200bpeople are\u2062 being\u200b sentenced to many\u200b years in jail for doing much\u2062 less,&#8221; Trump \u2064remarked.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here \u2063to \u200dread more from\u2063 The Washington \u200dExaminer.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump fiercely criticized the Department of Justice and special counsel Jack Smith for &#8220;election interference&#8221; during a Fox News town hall. Trump labeled Smith a &#8220;deranged prosecutor&#8221; with numerous failures, describing him as a &#8220;nasty, horrible human being&#8221; during his conversation with Sean Hannity in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1976825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}