{"id":2197471,"date":"2024-03-12T13:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T17:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaetz-asks-doj-to-investigate-jack-smiths-timing-in-trump-trial-explicit-election-interference\/"},"modified":"2024-03-12T13:49:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T17:49:28","slug":"gaetz-asks-doj-to-investigate-jack-smiths-timing-in-trump-trial-explicit-election-interference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaetz-asks-doj-to-investigate-jack-smiths-timing-in-trump-trial-explicit-election-interference\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaetz urges DOJ to probe Jack Smith&#8217;s timing in Trump trial, citing &#8220;blatant election interference"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fgaetz-asks-doj-to-investigate-jack-smiths-timing-in-trump-trial-explicit-election-interference%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=2197471&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>Rep. \u200dMatt Gaetz Calls for DOJ Investigation into Special Counsel Jack Smith<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) \u200dhas demanded that the Department of Justice launch\u2062 an investigation into \u200cspecial counsel Jack Smith, accusing him of orchestrating a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trump-jr-blast-ny-ag-letitia-james-for-political-persecution-this-is-banana-republic-stuff\/\" title=\"Trump, Trump Jr. Blast NY AG Letitia James For \u2018Political Persecution\u2019: \u2018This Is Banana Republic Stuff\u2019\">politically motivated prosecution<\/a> of former President Donald Trump. Gaetz&#8217;s call for an investigation comes as Smith seeks to expedite the legal process ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"Campaign 2024: An Early Look At The Possible Republican Contenders\">2024 presidential election<\/a>, in which Trump is running \u200dfor office again.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz appeared on Fox News&#8217;s Hannity to voice his concerns, referencing a concurrence by Justice Amy Coney Barrett in a Colorado case. Gaetz \u200bargued that \u200dthe timing of Smith&#8217;s\u200d prosecution aligns with a political season, suggesting it is a deliberate attempt at election interference. He urged the\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-former-ag-barr-initiated-spying-program-on-americans-back-in-1992\/\" title=\"FLASHBACK: Former AG Barr Initiated Spying Program on Americans Back in 1992\">inspector general<\/a>, who previously exposed the \u200bRussia hoax, to delve into Smith&#8217;s actions.<\/p>\n<p>The congressman also accused Smith\u200c of openly revealing his intentions \u200cby pushing \u200cfor \u2063Trump&#8217;s trial to begin before the 2024 election. Gaetz claimed that this \u2062timing is not based on facts or the law, but rather an\u2064 effort to derail Trump&#8217;s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz expressed confidence in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-protesters-rally-outside-of-u-s-capitol-to-pressure-lawmakers-for-bigger-stimulus-checks\/\" title=\"D.C. protesters rally outside of U.S. Capitol to pressure lawmakers for bigger stimulus checks\">inspector general&#8217;<\/a>s ability to address election interference, citing the previous\u2064 report by DOJ Inspector\u200d General\u200b Michael Horowitz that highlighted errors\u2062 in the FBI and \u200bDOJ&#8217;s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Smith recently rejected Trump&#8217;s request to dismiss the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-asks-supreme-court-to-reject-trump-request-in-fbi-classified-documents-case\/\" title=\"DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Reject Trump Request in FBI Classified Documents Case\">classified documents case<\/a> against him in Florida. Trump argues that he was authorized to declassify the documents under the Presidential \u200dRecords\u200c Act and that\u2063 his actions were protected by presidential immunity. U.S. District Court Judge Aileen \u2062Cannon has scheduled an argument date for Trump&#8217;s motions to dismiss, indicating that a\u200b full day of arguments should \u2062be \u2064expected.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why does Rep. Gaetz argue\u200c that\u200d the\u2063 timing of\u2062 Jack Smith&#8217;s prosecution \u200bis \u200caimed at derailing former President Donald Trump&#8217;s 2024 presidential campaign<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Rep. Matt\u200d Gaetz (R-FL) \u2064has called on the Department of \u200dJustice to launch an investigation\u200b into special counsel Jack Smith, alleging that\u200d Smith is engaging in a politically motivated prosecution of former\u2062 President Donald Trump. \u200cGaetz&#8217;s demand for an investigation comes as Smith seeks to expedite the \u2064legal process leading up to \u200dthe 2024 presidential election, in which Trump is running for office again.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz made his \u2063concerns\u2064 public during\u2064 an appearance on Fox News&#8217;s Hannity, where he referred to a concurrence by\u2063 Justice Amy Coney Barrett \u2064in a Colorado case. Gaetz argued that the timing of Smith&#8217;s prosecution aligns with the political season, \u2063suggesting \u2063that it is a deliberate \u2063attempt at election interference. He called \u2064on the inspector general, who previously \u200cexposed the Russia hoax, to examine Smith&#8217;s\u200b actions.<\/p>\n<p>The congressman further accused Smith of openly revealing his intentions by\u2062 pushing for Trump&#8217;s trial to begin before the 2024 election. Gaetz contended that this\u200c timing\u200c is not based on facts or the law, but rather an effort to \u2064derail\u2063 Trump&#8217;s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz expressed his\u2062 belief in the inspector general&#8217;s ability to address election\u200c interference, citing the previous report by DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz, which pointed out errors in the FBI and DOJ&#8217;s investigation into\u200d Russian interference in\u200d the \u20622016 presidential\u200c election.<\/p>\n<p>Recently,\u2062 Smith\u200b rejected Trump&#8217;s request \u2062to dismiss the classified documents case against him in\u2064 Florida.\u2062 Trump \u2064maintains that he \u2064was authorized to \u2062declassify the \u2063documents under the Presidential Records Act and that\u2062 his actions were protected by presidential immunity. U.S. District Court Judge Aileen\u2062 Cannon has scheduled an argument date for Trump&#8217;s motions \u200dto dismiss, indicating\u200c that a full day of arguments should be expected.<\/p>\n<p>To read more \u2062from The Washington Examiner, \u200bclick here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) urged the Department of Justice to probe special counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s timing of prosecuting ex-President Donald Trump. Gaetz&#8217;s request coincides with Smith&#8217;s efforts to hasten the legal proceedings before the 2024 presidential election<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2197472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MixCollage-12-Mar-2024-11-09-AM-3152-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2197471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MixCollage-12-Mar-2024-11-09-AM-3152-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197471","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2197471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2197472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2197471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2197471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2197471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}