Fox News host Jesse Watters on Tuesday called special counsel Jack Smith a “nervous breakdown” after charges against former President Donald Trump were lifted, referring to the Supreme Court defeat suffered by prosecutors. .

Smith secured four indictments against Trump in connection with his efforts to challenge the 2020 election results. Smith had previously secured 37 indictments against Trump in June based on an alleged investigation into classified documents, and Mar-a-Lago maintenance worker Carlos de Mar, issued Thursday. It was supplemented by a substitute indictment containing charges against Mr. Oliveira. Florida real estate owned by former President Trump. (Related article: ‘Turn it into a haiku’: Jonathan Turley says much of Trump’s Jan. 6 indictment was ‘protected speech’)

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“It was Special Counsel Jack Smith, who seemed to have had a nervous breakdown, was down on his nerves, was dripping with anger and was very emotional,” Watters said after showing a clip of Smith’s statement to the press. rice field. “The last time Jack Smith indicted a politician. The case was so weak that the Supreme Court dismissed it unanimously. are going to be put in prison for life.”

Mr. Smith indicted then-Republican Virginia Governor Bob McDowell for accepting the gift, a conviction that the Supreme Court unanimously quashed.

“These charges are not bribery, assault, tax evasion or sex trafficking. They are indicting Donald Trump under the Act of 1866,” Watters said. “It was used against” [Ku Klux] Klan and now they are taking advantage against Trump. ”

Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis announced in April that an investigation into his efforts to challenge the state’s results in the 2020 presidential election could lead to an indictment against Trump. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg secured a grand jury indictment against Trump in March in a case centered around his alleged payment of $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016.

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