Former Director of Nationwide Intelligence John Ratcliffe joined Maria Bartiromo this morning on Sunday Morning Futures.
Throughout their dialog John Ratcliffe had the chance to weigh in on Jack Smith’s rejection this week by the Supreme Courtroom.
This was brutal. The hitman is uncovered!
John Ratcliffe: Stating the apparent, this was an enormous authorized victory for President Trump and an enormous authorized setback for Jack Smith. However I’d argue that Jack Smith misplaced greater than only a authorized difficulty on the Supreme Courtroom. He misplaced credibility. This can be his Mueller second.
Your viewers keep in mind when Particular Counsel Bob Mueller struggled and stumbled to search out a solution and in the end couldn’t reply why he utilized a unique normal to Donald Trump than anybody else ever prosecuted or underneath investigation by the Division of Justice, which means that Donald Trump needed to conclusively show his innocence somewhat than have a presumption of innocence as our bedrock normal.
Bob Mueller misplaced all credibility and he and his report drifted away. And I’d submit that that is the Bob Mueller second for Jack Smith as a result of everybody remembers, Maria, that he stood earlier than the American folks when he indicted Donald Trump. And he stated, we’ve one set of legal guidelines and so they apply equally to everybody. Donald Trump shall be handled the identical as each different defendant. However when Donald Trump’s authorized group got here ahead with a authorized protection of presidential immunity that threatened a trial date going down earlier than the political election in 2020, Jack Smith did a 180 and he went to the Supreme Courtroom and stated, overlook all the pieces I instructed you. Now. Donald Trump is totally completely different.
That is extraordinary. We have now to have an expedited assessment. It’s important to have a look at this instantly. And I believe the Supreme Courtroom, the best way they rejected this unanimously with one sentence saying petition denied, I believe displays that they noticed this for what all of us noticed, which is that the exact same Justice Division that, you realize, took six years to contemplate expenses towards a man named Biden saying this was loads quick. However in relation to a man named Trump, for some purpose, we’ve to have this trial happen earlier than the election.
Be mindful, Maria, remember that the speedy trial provisions of the sixth modification are the defendants proper, not the federal government’s. I believe that this was nakedly partisan and overtly political, and it was revealed, instructed to the Supreme Courtroom. That’s how Jack Smith is working.
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