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riversedge

(73,240 posts)
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 10:00 AM Nov 6

Trump ally Lindsey Graham sends warning to special counsel Jack Smith

Source: msn



Story by Guardian staff • 5h

South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham has sent an ominous message to special counsel Jack Smith as Donald Trump was on the precipice of being announced as the winner of the 2024 election.

Early on Wednesday morning, mere moments before Trump took the stage in West Palm Beach, Florida, to give his victory speech, Graham posted a note on X “to Jack Smith and your team”.


“It is time to look forward to a new chapter in your legal careers as these politically motivated charges against President Trump hit a wall,” Graham wrote.

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Smith and his team detailed their case against Trump in a 165-page filing that was unsealed in October, in which they argued that Trump should not be entitled to immunity from prosecution. In the filing, federal prosecutors said that Trump “resorted to crimes” in a failed bid to cling to power after losing the 2020 election and that he is not entitled to immunity from prosecution.


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Since the unsealing of Smith’s case in October, Trump has spoken publicly about how he would immediately fire Smith if he were re-elected.

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Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-ally-lindsey-graham-sends-warning-to-special-counsel-jack-smith/ar-AA1tBeQL?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=c253833d8c6947628e1dbb217092aa6d&ei=26



It is more than a warning. I am sure that with the help of Graham and other Repugs, the first thing Trump will do Jan 20 is to pardon himself--then fire Jack Smith.

This election was all about Trumps self-preservation--and we will see the dreaded results come Jan 20.

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Oopsie Daisy

(4,528 posts)
2. LG still carries water for Trump because (supposedly) he fears that embarrassing photos will be released *
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 10:07 AM
Nov 6

* I've heard people saying, but I don't know if it's true.

Scrivener7

(53,001 posts)
5. The vile thing said he would go after his "enemies." He meant it. Firing is the least
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 10:15 AM
Nov 6

of Jack Smith's problems.

Gymbo

(140 posts)
8. Maybe it is time for Lindsey Graham
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 11:47 AM
Nov 6

to consider his future in a Republican party consumed by hate of everything LGBTQ.

Harker

(15,071 posts)
10. Of Trumpsky's loathsome remoras, Graham is among the most despicable.
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 12:50 PM
Nov 6

I don't fully see how he's avoided becoming shark feces.

GB_RN

(3,182 posts)
11. I Can't Fucking Stand Lindsey.
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 02:06 PM
Nov 6

That corrupt, spineless, amoral, duplicitous, piece of shit (to all shit, I apologize for insulting you) makes me almost as sick to hear, or read about, as Cantaloupe Caligula. 🤬

FBaggins

(27,760 posts)
12. Looks more like trolling than a warning
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 02:22 PM
Nov 6

He knows this ends most of the prosecutions (and, indeed, Smith reportedly is winding them down).

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