House Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) has had enough of the lawfare being waged on former President and 2024 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. The Empire State Rep has officially filed a complaint against special counsel Jack Smith for election interference.
“It’s obvious to any reasonable observer that Jack Smith is trying to interfere with the 2024 election and stop the American people from electing Donald Trump,” the New York Republican said in a statement announcing the complaint. “At every turn, he has sought to accelerate his illegal prosecution of President Trump for the clear (if unstated) purpose of trying him before the November election.”
“Smith’s conduct has brought disrepute to the Department of Justice and the entire federal government, and the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility should impose the discipline that such conduct warrants,” she said.
“At every turn, he has sought to accelerate his illegal prosecution of President Trump for the clear (if unstated) purpose of trying him before the November election. The Justice Department’s own policies clearly prohibit Smith from doing so, and as a DOJ employee he is bound by those policies.”
Stefanik hit Smith for originally petitioning for a January 2024 trial start date.
“There exist approximately thirteen million pages of discovery for President Trump to review, plus thousands of hours of camera footage,” she said. “Prosecutors bringing a case of this complexity – with so many consequential and novel legal issues to sort out – would normally never seek to bring it to trial within five months. The only reason to push for such an early trial date was to work to get the case tried before the November election.”
Stefanik spoke more about her complaint in a video shared on X.
“Democrats’ corrupt and desperate witch hunts against President Trump must come to an end,” Stefanik’s post read. “This is lawfare and blatant election interference and the American people know it. That is why today I filed an official complaint with the Department of Justice Office of Professional Responsibility on Joe Biden’s special counsel, Jack Smith, for his clear and illegal efforts of election interference. We will fight the Democrats’ unjust lawfare and expose this corruption whether it is in New York, Atlanta, or right here in Washington, DC.”
Watch the clip below:
Democrats’ corrupt and desperate witch hunts against President Trump must come to an end. This is lawfare and blatant election interference and the American people know it. That is why today I filed an official complaint with the Department of Justice Office of Professional… pic.twitter.com/yo61lAbnnD
— Rep. Elise Stefanik (@RepStefanik) April 30, 2024