CNN legal analyst Elie Honig admitted the obvious during an appearance on Smerconish over the weekend - that special counsel Jack Smith “wants Donald Trump convicted before the election.”
After all - that is the entire point of him targeting Trump in the first place.
After Smerconish asked if he agreed with him that Smith and DC Judge Tanya Chutkan are making decisions on an “election based” schedule, Honing replied “I do agree with you, Michael. And I think any fair-minded observer has to agree with that as well. Just look at Jack Smith's conduct in this case, the motivating principle behind every procedural request he's made has been speed, has been getting this trial in before the election. Let's take a couple examples. The trial date, the average federal conspiracy and fraud trial takes about a year and a half to two years between indictment and trial.”
He added “In this case, we have dozens, hundreds of January 6 rioters caught on video. Straightforward cases - they two were given about a year and a half to two years between indictment and trial. Jack Smith originally requested a trial date for Donald Trump - a far more complex case- five months out. He wanted a January trial; it was set for two months later. So Donald Trump was being given far less time to prepare than other defendants.”
While it's uncommon to see common sense reported on CNN, it was admittedly refreshing. Don't expect to see it happen again any time soon!
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Matt Palumbo is the author of Fact-Checking the Fact-Checkers: How the Left Hijacked and Weaponized the Fact-Checking Industry and The Man Behind the Curtain: Inside the Secret Network of George Soros
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