Ex-Prosecutor Explains Why Donald Trump’s Latest Freak-Out Is A Gift For Jack Smith

Former U.S. Army prosecutor Glenn Kirschner on Thursday picked apart what he believes is Donald Trump’s latest “tacit admission” of guilt.

Earlier in the day, the former president and Republican 2024 front-runner ranted in all-caps on his Truth Social platform that he should be granted total immunity if acts he committed when in the White House did break the law.

Trump railed:

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“If Donald Trump is posting something, there’s a good chance he’s confessing to something,” said Kirschner, who called the rant a “tacit admission” or “implied admission” of guilt from the four-times-indicted Trump.

“But you really don’t have to read between the lines,” Kirschner continued on his “Justice Matters” podcast. “This is Donald Trump demanding immunity for himself, since when he is ever concerned about what happens to others, other presidents for example. He wants immunity to himself even when events cross the line.”

The post is “probably not as directly incriminating” as some other admissions from Trump, said Kirschner, but added it “ain’t half bad.”

“If I were a prosecutor I would take a government exhibit sticker, go ahead and slap it on Donald Trump’s latest admission and maybe keep it in my back pocket,” he explained.

“I’d be prepared to introduce it into evidence at one or more of Donald Trump’s criminal trials, not that [special counsel] Jack Smith needs it,” he added. Smith “doesn’t really need any more confessions from Trump, any more incriminating statements” because he “has more than enough,” he explained.

Trump will likely continue to confess and Smith’s team will be “cataloging every word, every sentence, every post, because Donald Trump can’t help himself,” said Kirschner. Smith’s team will then “be