Trump says Supreme Court ruling on immunity delivered 'high level spanking' to Jack Smith

Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY

July 2, 2024 at 1:53 p.m.·1 min read

WASHINGTON − Former President Donald Trump claimed that the Supreme Court’s ruling on immunity delivered a “high level spanking” to special counsel Jack Smith, who brought the 2020 election interference indictment against Trump.

“A really bad day for Deranged Jack Smith, the wacko prosecutor used for Crooked Joe Biden’s attack on his Political Opponent,” Trump shared in a Truth Social post shortly after midnight Tuesday. “Today, as in the past, the Supreme Court gave the Deranged One a high level SPANKING!”

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Trump can be tried for any of his efforts to overturn his 2020 loss that were not taken in his official capacity. The court ruled that only official acts taken by the president are protected.

In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Trump called the ruling a “big win for our Constitution and for democracy.”

"I have been harassed by the Democrat Party, Joe Biden, Obama and their thugs, fascists and communists for years," Trump said in the interview. "And now the courts have spoken."

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