President Trump suggested late Friday that former special counsel Jack Smith, former Attorney General Merrick Garland and other Biden administration officials “should be prosecuted” over their involvement in the investigation into the president’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
In a true social Post Published just before his departure asia tripTrump also named former FBI Director Christopher Wray and former Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco. The four officers keep coming often goals Of the President’s anger.
Trump wrote, “Simply: Documents show conclusively that Christopher Wray, deranged Jack Smith, Merrick Garland, Lisa Monaco, and other crooked lowlifes in the failed Biden administration signed off on Operation Arctic Frost.” “They spied on senators and congressmen/women, and even taped their calls. They committed fraud and rigged the 2020 presidential election. These radical leftist maniacs must be prosecuted for their illegal and highly unethical behavior!”
It is not clear which documents the President is referring to. The Hill contacted the White House for comment.
Earlier in October, the Senate Judiciary Committee Issued an unclassified document The FBI analyzed the phone records of nine Republican members of Congress through 2023 during a January 6 investigation under former President Biden. Those targeted included Senators Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Bill Hagerty (Tenn.) and Josh Hawley (Mo.).
The “initial toll analysis” conducted by an unnamed special agent was part of the bureau’s “Arctic Frost” investigation, which was opened in April 2022 by Timothy Thibault, former assistant special agent in charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office. The investigation preceded Smith’s subsequent attempt.
Trump has often raised voice against Smith. Before Election Day in 2024, he Said The former prosecutor “should be thrown out of the country.”
Last week, Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) — another Republican whose phone records were analyzed in 2023 — and other GOP lawmakers the requested The Department of Justice (DOJ) investigates Smith. former special counsel later Asked His testimony comes after House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) demanded he be allowed to appear in public.
