Jack Smith’s Legal Tactics Turn Out to be a WIN for President Trump

More bad news for Special Counsel Jack Smith.

A new 165-page evidence filing by Smith in President Donald Trump’s election fraud case is being seen as a win.

But not for Smith.

This is a win for President Trump’s legal team!

Legal experts like Joyce Vance say it helps Trump’s attorneys prepare better defenses.

At the same time we have Harvard professor Jack Goldsmith, argue Smith’s long memo and timing appear politically motivated.

This is a breach of legal norms, potentially influencing voters.

NY Times Op-ed: Jack Smith Abused Power, Interfering in Election https://t.co/pSooB15DYF

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Newsweek reports:

Jack Smith’s 165-page evidence filing in Donald Trump’s election fraud case is a “big win” for the former president’s legal team, an attorney has said.

Speaking as co-host of Stay Tuned With Preet Bharara, former prosecutor Joyce Vance said that Trump now knows who is going to testify against him and the layout of the case.

“This brief puts Trump’s team in a better position to respond, to make their own immunity arguments, and to prepare their case,” Vance said.

She also said that the October 2 filing will not affect Trump’s chances in the presidential election. She was responding to CNN Senior Legal Analyst, former federal and state prosecutor, Elie Honig, who wrote in his legal blog that Smith’s October 2 filing was a “cheap shot,” generating headlines and potentially influencing voters and members of the jury pool.

Vance said: “This is, in fact, a win for Trump. And I guarantee you that nobody in the public who spent their time reading 165 pages in detail didn’t have their mind already made up about this election, right? The broad contours here, they are well known. This is not impacting the election.”

Newsweek sought email comment from Honig and from Trump’s attorney on Wednesday.

Republican presidential nominee Trump is accused of conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding; and conspiracy against rights in connection with an alleged pressure campaign on state officials to reverse the 2020 election results.

Breitbart adds:

Special Counsel Jack Smith abused his power and is interfering in the 2024 election with his massive 165-page memorandum accusing Trump of committing crimes, according to an op-ed in the New York Times Wednesday.

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As Breitbart News reported, Smith submitted his memo — four times the typically-allowed length of a legal brief, and well within the Department of Justice’s 60-day window before Election Day — to Judge Tanya Chutkan in D.C.

Harvard Law School professor Jack Goldsmith — a former George W. Bush official who has been critical of Trump — wrote in the Times that Smith had violated legal norms and appeared to be attempting improperly to influence voters.