Former President Donald Trump swiped back at a federal judge who alleged he spewed false information in court.
Berating him as a “partisan hack,” Trump disputed U.S. District Court Judge David Carter’s allegation, countering that the judge peddled “ill informed statements” about him and should focus on the 2020 election instead.
FEDERAL JUDGE FINDS TRUMP LIED IN COURT
“Who’s this Clinton appointed ‘judge,’ David Carter, who keeps saying, and sending to all, very nasty, wrong, and ill informed statements about me on rulings, or a case (whatever!), currently going on in California, that I know nothing about — nor am I represented,” Trump taunted on his Truth Social platform.
Carter made the assertion in an 18-page opinion ordering the release of another batch of conservative attorney John Eastman’s Chapman University emails to the Jan. 6 committee. Eastman and the panel had been wrangling in court over a subpoena for the emails.
In his opinion, the judge cited an email Eastman sent to other Trump lawyers claiming he had been aware that some of the assertions he had pushed about the 2020 election in Georgia were “inaccurate,” specifically citing a claim Trump’s team made that Fulton County had tabulated over 10,000 votes from felons, unregistered voters, and dead people.
Trump and his legal team ultimately filed a court document peddling the claim anyways, according to Carter. Trump also signed a verification on the matter, according to the judge. Carter’s opinion drew attention on Twitter and fueled speculation that it could spell legal jeopardy for Trump in the future.
“With that being said, please explain to this partisan hack that the Presidential Election of 2020 was Rigged and Stolen. Also, he shouldn’t be making statements about me until he understands the facts, which he doesn’t,” Trump added.
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The former president has long trafficked in heavily disputed claims that the 2020 election was “stolen” from him. Carter has also contended that Trump most likely disrupted an official proceeding with his actions surrounding the Jan. 6 riot.
“As to the first prong of the crime fraud exception, the Court has previously determined that President Trump was more likely than not engaged in or planning an obstruction of an official proceeding, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2), and a conspiracy to defraud the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371, when he sought the advice of Dr. Eastman,” he wrote.
