While Jack Smith has remained taciturn, a picture of the prosecutor has emerged through his work and court filings – efforts that reveal a prosecutor meticulously assembling two high-stakes cases with scope and speed.
additional charges against Trump in that case. Two of Trump’s aides have also been charged in the case.in the election case accused Trump, who has repeatedly and falsely claimed the election was stolen from him, of conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding, attempting to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiring against people’s rights to have their votes counted.
Legal experts said that much of the election conspiracy case is likely to center on a question of intent — essentially,And that, they said, could pose a challenge for Smith and his team. Trump’s legal team has signaled that his defense will at least in part focus on the argument that he sincerely believed his claims about the election.“I would like them to try to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Donald Trump believed that these allegations were false,” John Lauro, one of his attorneys, said onEven though Trump has been charged, key elements of Smith’s work still remain unknown. Prosecutors could have additional evidence beyond what is included in an indictment, for instance.
Smith’s refusal to engage with Trump’s rhetoric is how prosecutors are supposed to act, legal experts said. When Trump was indicted in the classified documents case, Smith delivered another set of brief remarks, praising the prosecutors working on the case and saying they were adhering “to the highest ethical standards.” The Washington Postthat individual prosecutors in the documents case have been threatened and harassed online.
In the classified documents case, for instance, Smith’s team had asked for a trial as soon as this year, while Trump’s attorneys argued for delaying it until
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