Smith Wants to Jail Trump on Gun Charge

Timothy Birdnow

Now Jack Smith  - the federal prosecutor who has made it his business to Get Trump, is looking to put Trump in jail on weapons charges.

Smith argues it is a violation of his bond. The only thing about it is it never happened.

Trump spokesman Steven Cheung tweeted Sept. 25 that Trump purchased a gun in South Carolina, though Cheung later walked back his claim and deleted the tweet, according to The Associated Press. Prosecutors said in a Friday night court filing that Trump "potentially” violated the terms of his release, citing a federal law that makes it illegal for anyone under indictment for a crime punishable by more than one year in prison to receive a firearm.

"The defendant either purchased a gun in violation of the law and his conditions of release, or seeks to benefit from his supporters’ mistaken belief that he did so,” prosecutors wrote in a footnote. "It would be a separate federal crime, and thus a violation of the defendant’s conditions of release, for him to purchase a gun while this felony indictment is pending.” (RELATED: ‘Desperate Effort At Censorship’: Trump Lawyers Press Judge To Deny Jack Smith Gag Order Request)

A Trump spokesperson later clarifiedthat the former president wanted to purchase a gun but did not actually do so. While Trump expressed a desire to buy the gun, he wasnot seen filling out paperwork to purchase one, according to The Post and Courier.

Smith notes in his filing that Trump still reposted a video of the event shared by one of his followers after his spokesperson deleted his tweet.

David Kopel, research director at the Independence Institute, told Check Your Fact that some federal courts have found the law unconstitutional.

Given the hysteria ginned up at Mr. Trump, possession of a firearm would be a wise thing.

Republicans need to turn the tables on Mr. Smith, and indict him for similar issues.

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