Jack Smith hasn’t charged Trump with
the Jan. 6 riots — but he wants to use
it as a judicial cudgel
Posted By: Mercedes44, 8/3/2023 6:11:33 AM
Of all the outrages in Biden special counsel Jack Smith’s latest indictment of Donald Trump — and there are many — the worst comes at the end of the 45-page screed’s Count One, the section titled “The Defendant’s Exploitation of the Violence and Chaos at the Capitol.” This is where Smith waves the bloody shirt. Smith intends to try Trump for the Capitol riot even though he hasn’t charged Trump for the Capitol riot. No rioting charge. No allegation of criminal incitement. No seditious conspiracy, no insurrection, no crime of violence of any kind. To levy such an allegation would have been untenable. Smith’s indictment hides the ball, as did the like-minded.
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Jack Smith hasn’t charged Trump with
the Jan. 6 riots — but he wants to use
it as a judicial cudgel 20 replies
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