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Politics
Areeba Shah

Trump attacks special counsel's family

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event at his Mar-a-Lago home on November 15, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

In his latest meltdown on Truth Social, former President Donald Trump criticized new special counsel Jack Smith as a "hit man" and a "fully weaponized monster," claiming without evidence that he is under tremendous pressure from his family to prosecute him. 

Trump shared a post by one of his right-wing allies claiming that Smith's sister-in-law, who is reportedly a psychologist, compared experiencing the same feelings of dread she felt after the 9/11 attacks to what she felt after Trump won the White House. The post alleges that she told her "crying, sobbing" patients to "resist" and "fight" Trump's administration. 

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