Donald Trump appears to have taken advantage of a pause in the judge’s verbal order against him to call Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt a “red-headed freak” and special counsel Jack Smith “crazy”.
The 77-year-old former president was angered on Sunday by reports that Pratt, a packaging mogul and member of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, claimed Trump told him sensitive details about US nuclear submarines after the businessman suggested Australia should buy his submarines. from America.
“The New York Times Failing Story, leaked by Deranged Jack Smith and DOJ ‘Political Opponent Abuser’ Biden, about a redheaded freak from Australia, named Anthony Pratt, is Fake News. I never spoke to him about Submarines,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“But I talked to him about creating jobs in Ohio and Pennsylvania, because that’s what I mean – JOBS, GREAT ECONOMY, LOW TAXES, NO INFLATION, ENERGY DOMINION, STRONG BORDERS, NO ENDLESS WARS, LOW INTEREST RATES, and more! ” Trump said.
(From left) Donald Trump, Anthony Pratt and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison visit the Pratt Industries plant in Wapakoneta, Ohio, in September 2019.AFP via Getty Images
Pratt has said Trump told him the exact number of nuclear warheads some US submarines are carrying and also how close they can come to a Russian submarine without detection, according to ABC.
At one point, the businessman claimed, Trump even asked his wife, Melania, to wear a bikini and parade around Mar-a-Lago “so all the other men can see what they’re missing.”
Melania replied, “I will when you walk around with me in your bikini,” according to Pratt.
A spokesperson for Trump has slammed the story, arguing that it came from “a source that is completely devoid of proper context and relevant information.”
In addition to Pratt’s interviews with the FBI and prosecutors, there is audio of him spilling the beans on Trump on the submarine, 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 Australia’s richest men.Getty Images for The New York Times
The billionaire is one of at least 80 people who prosecutors believe could be strong witnesses against Trump in the wide-ranging, 40-count criminal case brought against him by Smith and the US Department of Justice for allegedly hiding classified documents in his various homes after leaving office. The trial is set to begin in May.
US District Judge Tanya Chutkan slapped Trump with a partial oral order in the case Oct. 16, barring him from attacking prosecutors, court staff or their families — or discussing possible witnesses or testimony.
He imposed the order after a series of public outbursts by Trump against Smith and other key players involved in the case.
Trump has shown a tendency to lash out at those he believes have insulted him.REUTERS
Trump lashed out at him on the campaign trail hours after the move, admonishing that “his whole life he doesn’t like me” and ripping the order as “unconstitutional.”
He agreed to temporarily lift the gag order days later as Trump’s legal team sought to challenge it in a US appeals court.
The former president faces a total of 91 felony charges spanning multiple cases, including 40 for allegedly hiding classified documents, four for alleged subversion of the 2020 election, 13 for allegedly tampering with the 2020 Georgia election and 34 from Manhattan for alleged hush-money payments.
Trump has vehemently denied wrongdoing across the board.
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