Trump said that Smith and „the special persecutors office“ was „playing the same games“ as former FBI Director James Comey.
Former President Donald Trump is demanding that Special Counsel Jack Smith and the Department of Justice (DOJ) drop its criminal investigation following the release of John Durham’s unrelated report.
The report from Durham, special counsel, released on Monday found that the FBI’s „Crossfire Hurricane“ probe was launched on the basis of only „raw, unanalyzed, and uncorroborated intelligence“ and no „actual evidence of collusions“ between the Trump campaign and Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Trump said that the report was evidence of „the Democrat Hoax that was perpetrated upon me and the American people“ in a series of Truth Social posts a short time later, arguing that the FBI’s investigation amounted to „2020 Presidential Election Fraud“ and „the crime of the century.
