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Trump calls Jack Smith ‘desperate’ after special counsel report is released after midnight

President-elect Trump called former Special Counsel Jack Smith “desperate” and “deranged” for releasing his “fake findings” early Tuesday morning after the Justice Department released Smith’s report.

President-electTrumptookonemoredigatJackSmithaftertheJusticeDepartmentreleasedtheformerspecialcounsel’sreportearlyTuesday.  AttorneyGeneralMerrickGarlandreleasedthefirstvolume,whichfocusesontheelectioncaseagainstTrump,ofSmith’sreportonTuesdayatmidnightafterback-and-forthinthefederalcourtsystem.ThereportwasreleasedatmidnightbecausethatwaswhentheoriginalholdonVolumeOneexpired.Nevertheless,thetimingprovokedaheatedresponsefromTrump. “ToshowyouhowdesperateDerangedJackSmithis,hereleasedhisFakefindingsat1:00A.M.inthemorning.DidhesaythattheUnselectCommitteeillegallydestroyedanddeletedalloftheevidence,”TrumppostedonTruthSocial. Inanotherpost,TrumpdismissedSmith’sreport,claimingitwasbasedoninformationgatheredbytheHouseJan.6selectcommittee,whichwasfor