Former President Donald Trump has called for the arrest of Special Counsel Jack Smith following revelations that some evidence in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case may have been tampered with. In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump labeled Smith as "deranged" and a "criminal."

The allegations arose after federal prosecutors admitted that certain boxes containing evidence from Trump's Florida resort were not in their "original, intact" form. The court filings revealed that the order of items within some of the boxes did not match the digital scans of the materials obtained by the FBI during their search in August 2022.

Smith's office acknowledged the inconsistency, contradicting earlier statements made to the court that only classified documents had been removed and replaced with placeholders. The admission came in response to a request from Walt Nauta, one of Trump's co-defendants, who sought a delay in the trial to locate specific documents retrieved from Mar-a-Lago.

Trump took to Truth Social once again, accusing Smith of "blatant evidence tampering" and demanding the dismissal of the case. He wrote, "These deeply illegal actions by the politicized 'persecutors' mandate that this whole witch hunt be dropped immediately."

Federal prosecutors, in their court filings, suggested several factors that could have caused the materials to be out of sequence, including the size and shape of certain items in the boxes that shifted when carried. Smith's team emphasized that the precise location of the classified materials within the boxes does not impact the criminal case or justify a delay in proceedings.

While Smith's office has yet to comment on Trump's demand for his arrest, it is evident that the allegations of evidence tampering have intensified the already contentious Mar-a-Lago case. Trump, Nauta, and Mar-a-Lago maintenance worker Carlos De Oliveira have all pleaded not guilty to charges related to allegedly concealing classified materials and obstructing federal attempts to retrieve them.

The trial date, initially set for May 20, is expected to be postponed based on Judge Aileen Cannon's discretion. The ongoing legal battle surrounding the classified documents case remains a focal point of public attention as the former president continues to vehemently deny any wrongdoing.