The president said the former special counsel lied before Congress and should be prosecuted.<\/b>
\nPresident Donald Trump called for Jack Smith to be \u201cprosecuted\u201d after the former special counsel testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday.
In a post to Truth Social, Trump called Smith \u201cderanged\u201d and accused him of committing \u201clarge scale perjury\u201d in his testimony.
\u201cBased on his testimony today, there is no question that Deranged Jack Smith should be prosecuted for his actions,\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cHe destroyed the lives of many innocent people, which has been his history as a prosecutor. At a minimum, he committed large scale perjury!\u201d
In his testimony, Smith laid the blame on Trump for the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol. Smith told representatives that Trump knew of the potential for a riot in advance and wished to take advantage of the confusion to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
\u201cOur investigation revealed that Donald Trump is the person who caused Jan. 6, it was foreseeable to him, and that he sought to exploit the violence,\u201d Smith testified.
Smith added that he believed he would face prosecution from Trump\u2019s Department of Justice for sharing his read on Trump\u2019s culpability.
\u201cI will not be intimidated,\u201d he said. \u201cWe did our work pursuant to department policy. We followed the facts, and we followed the law, and that process resulted in proof beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed serious crimes. I\u2019m not gonna pretend that didn\u2019t happen because he\u2019s threatening me.\u201d<\/p>\n