Jack Smith Election Interference Against Trump

Special Counsel Jack Smith issued a new indictment against President Trump. Even more alarming is that the timing of the indictment reeks of election interference. A DOJ policy prohibits any legal action against a political candidate just prior to an election. Doing so keeps the justice system from appearing to interfere in an election.

The DOJ and Smith point to a "policy" giving a 60-day window before Election Day, and Smith insists his indictment was filed in time. Yet we all know that only about 50% of Americans vote on Election Day. Over 90% of the country – 45 states – have some form of early voting at least 10 days before Election Day.

These types of cases are no place for partisan tactics manipulating ambiguous "rules." The ACLJ will send a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request to find out what this DOJ policy really says (and whether they keep parts of the rule out of the public eye), as well as why the DOJ (i.e., Attorney General Merrick Garland) would approve such a clear violation of the DOJ's apparent rules. We want to put the DOJ on record about these rules and what discussions they have had about changing or redefining the terms – merely so they can prosecute Trump.