Former President Donald Trump, left, and Jack Smith, right, special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice. Credit: ALM/Wikimedia Commons READ the BRIEF: Smith Argues Trump's Election Interference Was a 'Private Criminal Effort'
Justifying the prosecution, Special Counsel Jack Smith's team said in the unsealed brief that although Donald Trump's "multiple conspiracies began after election day in 2020, the defendant laid the groundwork for his crimes well before then."
October 02, 2024 at 05:35 PM
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Federal Government
What You Need to Know
- Special Counsel Jack Smith filed an oversized brief on the public docket justifying the superseding indictment against former President Donald Trump.
- The document alleges Trump engaged in a private criminal effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
- Blanche Law and Lauro & Singer represent Trump in the District of Columbia federal criminal case.
Prosecutors on Wednesday filed a public document explaining why the superseding indictment of former President Donald Trump, in their view, complies with the U.S. Supreme Court's presidential-immunity doctrine in his election-interference criminal case.
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