Hinting at possible legal action against Joe Biden’s special counsel Jack Smith, President Trump repeated his “sleazebag” jab from his exclusive Monday appearance on Newsmax’s Greg Kelly Reports.
“Deranged Jack Smith got caught with his hand in the cookie jar,” Trump wrote Tuesday morning on Truth Social. “A real sleazebag!!!”
Trump’s “sleazebag” label for the Biden-appointed special prosecutor pursuing him, former officials, and 2020 election lawyers isn’t new—but his comments to Newsmax Monday night hinted that accountability, or even criminal charges, could be on the way.
“He was a sleazebag, Jack Smith,” Trump told host Greg Kelly in an exclusive phone interview. “He was a bad guy, terrible guy, always went too far. He was a violent, horrible prosecutor, and he’s paying the price.”
Trump accused Smith of weaponizing the justice system for political gain, saying his aggressive tactics have destroyed countless lives.
“What he did to the lives of so many people. And he tried on me,” Trump said. “This guy was a bad guy. And, you know, the reason he lost is because he went too far.”
Trump said Jack Smith’s surveillance of GOP lawmakers’ communications had backfired, stating: “When you go too far, sometimes you get away with it, but they didn’t get away with it here; Jack Smith was a sick person.”
Trump’s comments came hours after Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) revealed that Biden’s FBI targeted eight Republican senators in Jack Smith’s election probe, calling it “worse than Watergate.”
“This document shows the Biden FBI spied on eight of my Republican Senate colleagues,” Grassley wrote on X, accusing the bureau of politicizing its investigative powers. “Biden FBI weaponization = worse than Watergate.”
Grassley cited an FBI document showing agents conducted toll record analyses—reviews of communications metadata—on several GOP senators, including Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Ron Johnson (R-WI), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN).
“The FBI under Joe Biden’s watch exercised authority that it did not have,” Blackburn wrote in a statement to Newsmax. “The Biden administration raided Mar-a-Lago, indicted President Trump, and now we know they weaponized America’s top law enforcement agency to spy on Republican U.S. senators who support President Trump. The FBI was rotten to the core under Joe Biden and [former Director] Chris Wray’s leadership, and I will not let this stand. I appreciate Director [Kash] Patel and Deputy Director [Dan] Bongino for launching an investigation to hold those responsible for this corruption accountable to the highest extent.”
