Trump Highlights Report Alleging Jack Smith’s Office Bypassed Procurement Rules Before Indictment
Trump shares a report claiming the former special counsel's team rushed a forensic software purchase days before filing charges over the 2020 election.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald J. Trump shared a report alleging that former Special Counsel Jack Smith‘s office bypassed its own purchasing rules to rush the acquisition of forensic video software just days before indicting Trump over the 2020 election.
The proprietary video or audio Smith sought has never been identified. Smith’s office had already indicted Trump on classified documents charges on June 8, 2023, and was moving toward a second indictment, according to breitbart.
Here is the full post on truthsocial: “Exclusive: Jack Smith‘s Office Bent Its Own Rules to Rush Software Purchase Days Before Indicting Trump: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/28/exclusive-jack-smiths-office-bent-its-own-rules-rush-software-purchase-days-before-indicting-trump/” on October 11, 2026 at 8:53 PM ET.
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Smith’s office Records Officer told Axon on July 12, 2023, to ship overnight, writing, “we are in desperate need of this software,” according to breitbart. The next morning, Axon’s federal inside sales representative Christina Zeman responded via email, writing, “pleasure meeting you. I will be assisting with placing your order.”
Smith’s executive officer Ariel McIntyre paused the transaction minutes later, citing the office’s approval process. “As Jack mentioned in our budget briefing, he supports more strict requirements than DOJ’s standard policies,” McIntyre wrote, according to breitbart. Deviating from those requirements was something “I’m not ok with,” she added. McIntyre also wrote that she needed “to crack down on our processes” and had “a lot less leeway in the audit now that I have staff.” The audit McIntyre referenced remains unidentified.
President Donald J. Trump highlights a report alleging Special Counsel Jack Smith's office bypassed procurement rules at Washington D.C.
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The Justice Department still withholds every price associated with the Axon transaction as confidential information, meaning taxpayers cannot see what they paid, according to breitbart. When Smith’s office initially asked Axon for pricing, the company replied that it does not publish the cost of licenses or software.
The documents land before Smith testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee concerning his investigations of Trump, according to breitbart. Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Iowa Republican who chairs the committee, has authorized for public release batches of internal communications from the special counsel’s team. Those communications include memoranda detailing limits on the seizure of congressional records, according to thefederalist. Assistant Special Counsel John Pellettieri summarized Speech or Debate Clause litigation before Chief Judge Beryll Howell pertaining to searches regarding Representative Scott Perry in a three-page memo addressed to Smith and dated January 8, 2023, according to thefederalist.
Smith’s scheduled testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee represents the next major decision point in the ongoing congressional scrutiny. A specific date for Smith’s appearance has not been publicly confirmed beyond the reference to “Tuesday” in the report Trump shared by mentioning the source (see breitbart).
Procurement disputes inside federal special counsel offices carry broad implications for government accountability. Smith’s own executive officer flagged internal tension over spending controls during a budget briefing, yet the office still authorized a rush purchase outside the department’s standard financial management system, according to breitbart. The records leave unresolved questions about who approved the apparent exemption and what facilitated the purchase after McIntyre’s initial objection.
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