Trump demands Jack Smith drop classified documents case after Biden avoids indictment

Published February 8, 2024 4:43pm ET



Former President Donald Trump called for special counsel Jack Smith to drop charges relating to his mishandling of classified documents after a separate special counsel opted not to charge President Joe Biden over his own classified documents scandal on Thursday.

Shortly after special counsel Robert Hur’s report into Biden’s mishandling of classified documents was released, Trump called on Smith to drop the case against him immediately.

The former president declared that Hur’s report was proof of a “two-tiered system of justice and unconstitutional selective prosecution” and additionally accused Biden of “election interference.”

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