A federal judge has ruled that special counsel Jack Smith provided evidence that Donald Trump lied to his lawyers and committed a classified document crime.
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Trump knowingly deceived his lawyers and committed a crime in a confidential documents case.”A federal judge said the special counsel investigating Trump’s handling of classified documents found convincing preliminary that Trump broke the law.” It was ruled that he had presented irrefutable evidence.” pic.twitter.com/mSs9pei3aE
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 21, 2023
Prosecutors in the Special Counsel’s Office have presented convincing preliminary evidence that former President Donald Trump knowingly and intentionally misled his lawyers about keeping classified documents after leaving office. , the former Supreme Court Justice wrote in a sealed document Friday, sending the contents to ABC News.
Federal Judge Beryl Howell, who resigned as chief justice of the DC District Court on Friday, said last week that prosecutors in the office of special counsel Jack Smith produced “prima facie evidence that the former president committed a criminal act.” I wrote that , and that attorney-client privilege invoked by two of his attorneys could therefore be impaled.
Jack Smith evidence gets to the heart of potential obstruction of justice caseTrump deliberately lied to his lawyers and obstructed the government from returning classified documents he stole to the hands of the American people.
How does the special counsel know that Trump knowingly lied to his lawyers? The Jack Smith investigation is reportedly deep into Trump’s life. – Interviewed dozens of people who work at Largo.
While the nation is eyeing the looming criminal indictment of Trump in New York, the classified documents case appears to be getting more serious by the day. Manhattan may have all the attention today, but Jack Smith and his DOJ are fast approaching Trump with far more serious potential criminal charges.
Jason is the editor-in-chief. He is also a White House press pool and a congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a BA in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy with a specialization in the social reform movement.
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