<p>A vehemently defiant Donald Trump has been railing against &#8220;deranged&#8221; Jack Smith on Truth Social since his arrests and indictments. In his latest rant, he basically said that Jack Smith is full of sh*t and that the former president never sought to delete, edit or damage the Mar-a-Lago security tapes in any way. Trump also said that Smith’s and the other indictments against him are turning the US into a “banana republic.”</p>
<p>Trump, the double-digit front-runner in the race to win the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, addressed two criminal cases he&#8217;s facing: one involving classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago after he left office and one in which he&#8217;s accused of trying to overturn the 2020 Georgia election results.</p>
<p>As he did previously on Truth Social, Trump denied he sought to have security footage at his private residence destroyed.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Security Tapes from Mar-a-Lago that evil and sinister prosecutor, Deranged Jack Smith, &#8216;leaked’ or otherwise stated were deleted or altered were, in fact, NOT deleted or altered,&#8221; Trump posted at 1:35 a.m. Saturday.</p>
<p>&#8220;It was a Fake Story put out by the government THUGS. Those tapes were openly handed over without protest or litigation, and then the &#8216;Deranged One&#8217; makes me look as bad as possible. The whole case is FAKE because I come under the Presidential Records Act. [President Joe] Biden or [former Vice President Mike] Pence did not!&#8221;</p>
<p>Trump took to Truth Social following a week that culminated with his booking Thursday in Georgia. Fulton County Democrat District Attorney Fani Willis indicted Trump and 18 others on charges of trying to overturn the state&#8217;s 2020 election results.</p>
<p>Before those posts, Trump lamented about the country&#8217;s &#8220;dark days.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;America is becoming a Banana Republic. That&#8217;s what happens when you Indict and Prosecute your Political Opponent. These are DARK DAYS in the life of America!&#8221; Trump posted.</p>
<p>&#8220;&#8216;It&#8217;s very ironic because if Prosecutor Willis is really concerned about Election denialism and using the levers of government and public influence to have some kind of conspiracy to overturn a genuine ballot, then she would have gone after Stacey Abrams, who&#8217;s in her own state.&#8217; Victor Davis Hanson, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution,&#8221; the former president posted.</p>

Trump Never Sought to Delete or Alter Mar-a-Lago Tapes
