Too bad he didn't realize it. Weekend CNN host Michael Smerconish apparently has no idea what the Department of Justice's actual policy is when it comes to prosecuting someone in the middle of a campaign. Maybe he should try reading his cohort at CNN Daniel Dale's column before he does a segment like the one above.
Trump lied about Justice Department rules, claiming that he can't be prosecuted, and Dale shot that notion down last week:
Former President Donald Trump is facing two prosecutions brought by a federal special counsel and two prosecutions brought by local district attorneys. Trump claimed on social media on Monday that all four prosecutions violate strict Justice Department rules, since he is a candidate for president, and therefore must be stopped “IMMEDIATELY.”
“The Very Strict Rules and Regulations of the Department of Injustice STATE CLEARLY that you can’t prosecute a Political Opponent, or anyone, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS/HER CAMPAIGN,” Trump wrote. He added a claim that these supposed Justice Department rules also apply to the offices of local district attorneys and state attorneys general, which he said are both “DOJ subservient ‘subsidiaries.’”
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