Donald Trump has called for "deranged" Jack Smith to be "thrown out" of the country - Trump's latest warning to the federal prosecutor behind his stalled January 6th case.
Trump has long argued that Smith is a partisan agent of the Democratic party. Smith, a private citizen, was appointed by the Biden Justice Department to prosecute Trump after he launched his 2024 campaign.
While discussing immigration with New York City radio hosts John Catsimatidis and Rita Cosby, Trump suggested Smith should be classified as insane and sent out of the country.
“Jack Smith should be considered mentally deranged, and he should be thrown out of the country,” Trump told WABC 770 AM’s Cats and Cosby show.
“You have to let people in, but they have to come in legally...And you have to get the killers, the murderers, and mentally deranged, you have to get them out. And we should throw Jack Smith out with them, the mentally deranged people," he continued.
Smith brought charges against Trump over January 6th and classified documents last year.
While Smith had furiously pushed to prosecute Trump before the election, both cases ran into obstacles. The documents case was tossed by the judge, who found that Smith, a private citizen, was improperly appointed Special Counsel.
The January 6th case was originally set for March, but the case was delayed by Trump's appeals on the issue of presidential immunity. The Supreme Court's July ruling, which mostly favored Trump, forced Smith to reshuffle his indictment, drawing things out further.
With the possibility of Smith's January 6th case collapsing altogether if Trump wins the presidency, Smith has sought to convict Trump in the court of public opinion.
Smith was widely rebuked for releasing an "October surprise" filing full of allegations against Trump this month, with many, including Trump, accusing Smith of trying to tip the scales in the presidential election.
In a separate interview Thursday with Hugh Hewitt, Trump pledged to fire Smith "within two seconds" of returning to the White House.
Trump's lawyers have asked Chutkan - who has ruled consistently in Smith's favor - to dismiss him, arguing his appointment poisoned the January 6th case from the beginning.
“The proposed motion establishes that this unjust case was dead on arrival — unconstitutional even before its inception,” Trump’s legal team said.
