Former President Donald Trump argued that the Department of Justice “violated its own policy” by filing a superseding indictment against him so close to the presidential election.
Special counsel Jack Smith filed a shortened version of a previous indictment related to Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 riot, which was affected by the landmark July 1 Supreme Court ruling that outlined the protected actions of a president. Trump alleged that the DOJ had violated its own policy through the superseding indictment.
“It is DOJ policy that the Department of Justice should not take any action that will influence an election within 60 days of that election – but they just have taken such action,” he said in a post on Truth Social. “Voting starts on
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