Trump Lashes Out at Jan. 6 Prober Jack Smith in New Rant — Demands He Be Thrown in ‘Prison’

President Donald Trump lashed out at former Special Counsel Jack Smith over his investigation into election crimes and the events of January 6, 2021, demanding “prison” for Smith and his investigators.

Prior to being elected to a second term, Trump faced dozens of criminal counts in the Smith-led classified documents case and the January 6 case, but after the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling and Trump’s victory in the 2024 election Smith dropped the charges and resigned as special counsel.

But since then, Trump and Republicans have pursued a campaign to scandalize Smith’s investigations, making false and misleading claims about the conduct of an operation to investigate January 6 and the attempt to overturn the election, code-named “Arctic Frost.”

As Trump neared the end of his Asia trip Wednesday, he posted a new rant about Smith’s probe in which he attacked Smith as a “criminal” and referred to him and his team as “thugs” who belong in “prison”:

These thugs should all be investigated and put in prison. A disgrace to humanity. Deranged Jack Smith is a criminal!!!

Trump linked to an article detailing allegations made by the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee.

Smith, for his part, has responded to a Judiciary Committee by offering, through his attorneys, to testify in public.

“Given the many mischaracterizations of Mr. Smith’s investigation into President Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents and role in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election, Mr. Smith respectfully requests the opportunity to testify in open hearings before the House and Senate Judiciary Committees,” Smith’s attorneys wrote.

Smith is just the latest in a list of Trump nemeses who have been targeted since he re-took office. Public pronouncements like these have preceded criminal indictments in several recent cases.

Indictments followed shortly after Trump publicly pressured Attorney General Pam Bondi to go after a list of enemies that included former FBI Director James Comey and New York AG Letitia James in a DM-style Truth Social post and again in remarks to reporters.

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