General Category > Mar-a-Lago Raid

Trump classified documents: Jack Smith 'wrapping up' Mar-a-Lago investigation

(1/1)

mystery-ak:
Trump classified documents: Jack Smith 'wrapping up' Mar-a-Lago investigation
by Jerry Dunleavy, Justice Department Reporter |
May 23, 2023 04:16 PM

Jack Smith’s special counsel investigation into Donald Trump and his alleged mishandling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago is reportedly “wrapping up” as the Justice Department moves toward a possible indictment of the former president.

Smith was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland late last year to handle Trump inquiries related to the Capitol riot and the Mar-a-Lago classified records sagas. A decadeslong DOJ veteran prosecutor, he had been a prosecutor at The Hague, where he investigated alleged war crimes in Kosovo, until late last year.

It was reported by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday that Smith “has all but finished obtaining testimony and other evidence in his criminal investigation” into Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified information at Mar-a-Lago.

The outlet said that “some of Trump’s close associates are bracing for his indictment and anticipate being able to fundraise off a prosecution.” It added that “in recent weeks prosecutors working for Smith have completed interviews with nearly every employee at Trump’s Florida home” and that “questions that appeared to home in on specific elements Smith’s team would need to show to prove a crime.”

Smith served under Obama Attorney General Eric Holder, leading the DOJ's Public Integrity Section from 2010 to 2015. Smith led a team of 30 prosecutors in conducting public corruption cases throughout the United States, including a mixed track record of going after high-profile politicians. He also inserted the DOJ into what would become the Lois Lerner IRS scandal targeting conservative nonprofit groups during the Obama years, which Trump has criticized him for since he became special counsel.

Multiple outlets also reported on Tuesday that since becoming special counsel, Smith issued a subpoena to the Trump Organization seeking information on any foreign business deals since Trump took office in 2017, including possible deals in China, France, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.

more
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/jack-smith-wrapping-up-classified-docs-investigation-trump-mar-a-lago

Navigation

[0] Message Index