Special counsel Jack Smith made a move under the radar earlier this month that could bode well for former President Donald Trump in his Jan. 6 ‘election interference’ case.
According to people who spoke with The New York Times, Smith appears to be wrapping up his investigation into whether Trump’s campaign misled investors by presenting false election claims after the 2020 election against Joe Biden.
His prosecutorial team has “quietly withdrawn a subpoena seeking records from” Trump’s 2020 campaign “as part of their investigation into whether Mr. Trump’s political and fund-raising operations committed any crimes as he sought to stay in power after he lost the election,” two sources told the Times.
“The office of the special counsel, Jack Smith, decided this week to effectively kill the subpoena to the Trump campaign following the withdrawal of a similar subpoena to Save America, the political action committee that Mr. Trump’s aides formed shortly after he lost the race in 2020,” The Times continued.
“Although the Special Counsel is correct that the trajectory of these matters potentially remains in flux, the schedules as they currently stand overlap substantially with the deadlines in this case, presenting additional challenges to ensuring Defendant Trump has adequate time to prepare for trial and to assist in his defense,” she wrote in her ruling.
Also last week, an attorney and legal spokeswoman for Trump provided a big update on the four indictments against the 45th president.
During an interview on Fox News, Trump attorney Alina Habba spoke about the indictments against Trump and how they believe the trial dates—two of them scheduled to begin in March 2024, in the middle of the GOP primary—are aimed at hurting Trump’s campaign.
“We’re prepared. From here, we actually get to litigate the case, which, as an attorney, I look forward to. I know our legal team does as well, to get to take our own turn at looking at all of the information and our own turn to put our side out, which is something that everybody needs to remember hasn’t happened as of yet,” Habba said.
“Four indictments are simply that, an indictment, which is just one-sided B.S., for lack of a better word, on their political scheme to interfere with the leading candidate for president,” she added.
