'Horton Hears a Coup': Former prosecutor slams Trump's 'clownish' Dr. Seuss motion
Donald Trump's legal team is embarrassing itself with a recent filing in the D.C. criminal case the former president is facing, a former prosecutor said.
Team Trump compared Special Counsel Jack Smith to the "Grinch" in a recent filing in the case, which is being overseen by Judge Chutkan, because the prosecutor sought an expedited schedule the defense said would make them work through Christmas. Smith filed a reply, saying that he's no Grinch and that, "If the Court today enters a briefing order consistent with the Government’s request, the defendant’s brief would be due no later than December 23."
Now, former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner is tearing Trump's grinchy filing apart.
Kirschner calls the motion "clownish," and says, "If they felt compelled to cite Dr. Seuss, they should have chosen one that more accurately describes the state of affairs. Perhaps: Horton Hears a Coup."
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"In the event you thought Donald Trump's defense attorneys couldn't get any more inappropriate, outrageous, absurd? Hang on, here is some new reporting," Kirschner says before reading a news report from NBC about the motion citing the Grinch.
"No, Jack Smith is not trying to stop Christmas from coming. Jack Smith is trying to hold Donald Trump accountable for the most egregious democracy-busting crimes by a president in our nation's history," the ex-prosecutor said in a video posted to social media on Friday. "Because even during the holiday season, justice matters."