Jack Smith Filing Reveals List of Planned FBI Expert Witnesses in Trump Classified Documents Case
Experts in forensics, and computer and cell phone analysis may be called to provide public testimony against Trump and his co-defendants at trial
Published 01/12/24 11:31 PM ET|Updated 2 hr ago
Mary Papenfuss
A federal court filing late Friday by Special Counsel Jack Smith's prosecutor team lists six FBI employees they plan to call as expert witnesses in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump.
The filing is the latest push-pull in Smith's battle to keep some information secret while also forcing Trump's lawyers to cooperate in the ongoing Florida case against the former president in his indictment on charges that he illegally transferred White House classified documents to Mar-a-Lago.
The document, filed before Judge Aileen Cannon in the West Palm Beach Division of the U.S. Southern District Court of Florida, lists top FBI experts in forensics, and computer and cell phone analysis who may be called to provide public testimony against Trump, and his two co-defendants, body man Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira.
The filing notes that the information provided is a "complete statement" of the expert witnesses' "qualifications, opinions and anticipated testimony," as required by law. In exchange, the government now expects required "reciprocal" Information from the defense, which "typically" involves an initial summary within 14 days of the request, the filing notes.
In the last major step in the case, Judge Cannon — a Trump appointee — ordered in late December after a push by Smith that both parties by Feb. 28 "meaningfully confer and file a joint jury questionnaire for the Court's consideration."
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