I hold myself in contempt for Jack Smith. President Trump is asking the court to find Jack Smith in contempt of court over his continuing use of new court filings, despite the fact that District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered a pause in the case until the Supreme Court rules on Trump’s immunity claim. That pause should prevent Smith from filing additional information with the court.
They are seeking to throw out those filings and to award Trump’s lawyers a reasonable amount to cover the cost of their time to sift through the filings.
New: Trump’s legal team seeks to hold special counsel Jack Smith in contempt for purportedly violating the court’s order staying proceedings in district court. https://t.co/ZOzysOjBvw pic.twitter.com/i4kDTet5jP
— Anna Bower (@AnnaBower) January 4, 2024
Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement:
VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL“President Trump has filed a powerhouse motion to hold Crooked Joe Biden’s henchman, Deranged Jack SMith, in contempt of Court for repeatedly violating the stay order in the Washington DC J6 Witch Hunt. Smith was ordered to not take any further action in the trial court until the Presidential Immunity issue is resolved, which should be a full dismissal of this ‘case’ because President Trump was carrying out his duty as President to investigate the Rigged and Stolen 2020 Presidential Election…No prosecutor is above the law.”
Smith is trying to preserve his March 4th trial date, which happens to be the day before Super Tuesday. Right now, he cannot even guarantee that his case will be heard before the election. If that is the case, Smith will not get to hang Trump’s scalp on the Capitol flag pole. Smith tried to get the Supreme Court to hear the case in an expedited manner, but the case must go to an appeals court before the Supreme Court will hear it.
Trump’s lawyers wrote Thursday:
“Unstated, but obvious, is the prosecutors’ desperate effort to harass President Trump and prevent his likely victory in the 2024 Presidential Election.”
Trump’s lawyers asked the court Thursday to issue an order requiring prosecutors to show why they should not be held in contempt and be required to withdraw their filings, as well as provide “monetary sanctions in the amount of President Trump’s reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred in responding to the prosecutors’ improper productions.”
Prosecutors filed 4,000 pages of “additional discovery” on Dec. 17 and an “exhibit list” on Dec. 18, Trump’s lawyers noted. In a filing, prosecutors explained that they took their actions “to help ensure that trial proceeds promptly if and when the mandate returns.”
“In this manner, the prosecutors seek to weaponize the Stay to spread political propaganda, knowing that President Trump would not fully respond because the Court relieved him of the burdens of litigation during the Stay,” they wrote. “Worse, the prosecutors have announced their intention to continue this partisan-driven misconduct indefinitely, effectively converting this Court’s docket into an arm of the Biden Campaign.”
Trump’s lawyers asked the court Thursday to issue an order requiring prosecutors to show why they should not be held in contempt and be required to withdraw their filings, as well as provide “monetary sanctions in the amount of President Trump’s reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred in responding to the prosecutors’ improper productions.”
Prosecutors filed 4,000 pages of “additional discovery” on Dec. 17 and an “exhibit list” on Dec. 18, Trump’s lawyers noted. In a filing, prosecutors explained that they took their actions “to help ensure that trial proceeds promptly if and when the mandate returns.”
