Special Counsel Jack Smith has incurred about $5.4 million on his own budget and prompted about $3.8 million in spending by other Justice Department agencies.
The various probes Smith is overseeing were well underway by the time he took over and he has largely maintained the existing staffing, although he added some prosecutors in recent months.
Still, even the early snapshot of Smith’s activity suggests an intense and active investigation that has been seen in glimpses at the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., where a parade of witnesses — including former Vice President Mike Pence — have appeared before the grand jury. By contrast, a special counsel appointed in January to look into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents discovered in his Delaware home spent $615,000 through March and led other parts of DOJ to incur about $572,000 in expenses,
out Friday indicates. However, Special Counsel Robert Hur didn’t officially assume his post until January, providing a limited window into his initial activity before the semi-annual spending reports.in the six months preceding March 31 as he wrapped up his report on the FBI’s handling of the Trump-Russia probe that loomed over Trump’s administration for much of his term. As Durham’s probe wound down, DOJ incurred few expenses for his probe during that period, totaling only about $59,000.
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