Special counsel Jack Smith, by bringing a superseding indictment against former President Donald Trump in his Jan. 6 case, is committing election interference by timing his action so close to the opening of early voting, Trump attorney Will Scharf, argued on Newsmax on Thursday.
“It is binding DOJ policy and has been for decades that you don’t bring an indictment, you don’t commit any overt investigative act within 60 days of a presidential election or any election, for that matter,” Scharf said on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America.”
As of Thursday, the Nov. 5 election remains 68 days away, but Scharf said that Trump pointed out on his Truth Social account that “we have early voting starting within the next week or two.”
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