Richard Donoghue, a former acting deputy attorney general in Trump's administration, said Smith 'is not a bleeding heart liberal.'
following Trump's announcement, accusing the special counsel's probe of being politically motivated. Both have also spoken of defunding Smith's office.also criticized Biden's Justice Department over the reported letter and accused Smith's office of trying to"weaponize" the government to go after Trump., Donoghue pushed back when Abrams asked about McCarthy"basically saying Jack Smith is corrupt.
"I think nothing could be further from the truth," Donoghue said, adding that most people have their minds made up about Trump being either someone targeted because he"stands up to corrupt elites" or a leader"who puts his own interests above the country's." "Those people will never be convinced either way, but what we have to focus on are the people who have not made up their minds, and that's what the Justice Department will do, and that's what I think Jack Smith is doing," he said.
Donoghue served as the acting deputy attorney general during the final weeks of Trump's administration. He later testified before the House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol that Trump pressured the DOJ to call the results of the 2020 presidential election"corrupt."
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