Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton (R) mentioned in a Sunday interview {that a} not too long ago unsealed submitting from particular counsel Jack Smith is “a temper tantrum from a deranged fanatic.”
“Well, what I, what I think about what Jack Smith did this week, is that it was a temper tantrum from a deranged fanatic who is angry that he keeps losing time and time again in the Supreme Court over the course of his career,” Cotton mentioned on NBC Information’s “Meet the Press” with the outlet’s Kristen Welker.
The submitting from Smith in his election interference case towards former President Trump, unsealed Wednesday, described the previous president’s try to foil the switch of energy as a “private criminal effort.” It additionally revealed an alleged remark by Trump wherein he mentioned “So what?” on Jan. 6, 2021, in response to an aide alerting the previous president that his vice chairman had been taken to a safe location.
Steven Cheung, a spokesperson for Trump, beforehand referred to as Smith’s submitting “falsehood-ridden” and “unconstitutional.”
“Deranged Jack Smith and Washington DC Radical Democrats are hell-bent on weaponizing the Justice Department in an attempt to cling to power,” Cheung mentioned. “President Trump is dominating, and the Radical Democrats throughout the Deep State are freaking out. This entire case is a partisan, Unconstitutional Witch Hunt that should be dismissed entirely, together with ALL of the remaining Democrat hoaxes.”
On “Meet the Press,” Cotton referred to as the submitting “unverified, un-cross-examined hearsay from grand jury testimony, which usually isn’t revealed publicly for that reason.”
“He went to court,” Cotton mentioned of Smith. “He asked for special permission to file a brief that’s four times as long as a normal brief, and to have it disclosed less than 30 days before the election. This, this is professional misconduct in all likelihood by Jack Smith, and it should be investigated.”
The Hill has reached out to the Division of Justice.
