Donald Trump appeared to take advantage of a pause in a judge’s gag order against him to call Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt a “red-headed weirdo” and special prosecutor Jack Smith “deranged.”
The 77-year-old former president bristled Sunday at reports that Pratt, a packaging magnate and member of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, alleged that Trump told him sensitive details about U.S. nuclear submarines after the businessman suggested Australia should buy his submarines. from America.
“The failed New York Times story, leaked by deranged Jack Smith and Biden’s ‘abusing political opponent’ Justice Department, about a red-haired weirdo from Australia named Anthony Pratt, is fake news. “I never talked to him about Submarines,” Trump wrote in Truth Social.
“But I did talk to him about creating jobs in Ohio and Pennsylvania, because that’s what I’m interested in: JOBS, A GREAT ECONOMY, LOW TAXES, NO INFLATION, ENERGY DOMINANCE, STRONG BORDERS, NO ENDLESS WARS, INTEREST RATES LOSSES, and much more!” Trump said.
(From left) Donald Trump, Anthony Pratt and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison visit the opening of a Pratt Industries plant in Wapakoneta, Ohio, in September 2019.AFP via Getty Images
Pratt has said that Trump told him the exact number of nuclear warheads some US submarines carry and also how close they can approach Russian submarines without being detected, according to ABC.
At one point, the businessman claimed, Trump also asked his wife, Melania, to put on a bikini and parade around Mar-a-Lago “so everyone else could see what they were missing.”
Melania responded, “I’ll do that when you walk with me in a bikini,” according to Pratt.
Trump’s spokesman criticized the story, arguing that it is derived from “sources that totally lack proper context and relevant information.”
In addition to Pratt’s interview with the FBI and prosecutors, there is audio of him telling the truth about Trump on the submarines, according to the New York Times and Australia’s “60 Minutes.”
Jack Smith is leading two federal criminal cases against Donald Trump. AP Pratt is one of the richest men in Australia. Getty Images for The New York Times
The billionaire is one of at least 80 people prosecutors believe could be strong witnesses against Trump in the sprawling 40-count criminal case brought against him by Smith and the U.S. Department of Justice for his alleged hoarding of classified documents in his various homes after leaving office. The trial will begin in May.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan placed Trump under a partial gag order in the case on Oct. 16, prohibiting him from attacking prosecutors, court staff or their families, or discussing potential witnesses or testimony.
She imposed the order after Trump’s various public rants against Smith and other key players involved in the case.
Trump has shown a penchant for lashing out at those he believes have slighted him.REUTERS
Trump lashed out at her on the campaign trail hours after the move, scolding her for “not liking me in her entire life” and calling the order “unconstitutional.”
He agreed to temporarily lift the gag order a few days later while Trump’s legal team works to challenge it in the U.S. appeals court.
The former president faces a total of 91 criminal charges involving a series of cases, including 40 cases for alleged hoarding of classified documents, four for alleged subversion in the 2020 elections, 13 for alleged manipulation of the 2020 elections in Georgia and 34 outside of Manhattan for alleged silence. money payments.
Trump has vehemently denied wrongdoing across the board.
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