CNN's Elie Honig Says Of Course' Jack Smith Thought About the Election While Prosecuting Trump

"First of all, that moment where the member of Congress addressed and blamed the police officers was an outrage, ridiculous, and an embarrassment, and I think undermined the points they were trying to make. To your question, Brianna, the last congressman we saw brought up the fact that Jack Smith demanded a trial date four months out, five months out, in a case involving 13 million pages of documents,"

"There is no defense lawyer in the country who can constitutionally prepare for trial and defend his client in that short a time frame. The implication was you were rushing to get this in before the 2024 election. Jack Smith did not defend himself, by the way. He didn't say a word about that, which I foundI found strange. Yeah, it's true, right? It's true. Exactly. And he didn't defend himself. They were trying to get this case before the election, agreed CNN's Evan Perez."

"Exactly. And Jack Smith has always maintained this veneer that he never thought about the election. Of course he did, Honig continued, concluding: Why would you demand such a quick trial date? But there's a contrast that some of the Democrats made, which is: here you have Donald Trump explicitly calling for prosecutions of people. So some of Jack Smith's actions give rise, I think, to a fair conclusion that he was trying to rush it before the election."

Elie Honig criticized a congressman for blaming police officers, calling the moment an outrage that undermined their arguments. Honig emphasized that Jack Smith demanded a trial date only four to five months out in a case involving 13 million pages of documents. Honig stated that no defense lawyer could constitutionally prepare and defend a client in that short timeframe. Honig and others concluded the timing suggested a rush to complete the case before the 2024 election and noted that Jack Smith did not publicly defend his timing. Honig contrasted the timing with Donald Trump's public calls for prosecutions of political opponents.

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