Jack Smith files 165-page case against Trump for Jan. 6
Special counsel Jack Smith has laid out the pathway for his election interference case against former President Donald Trump.
This is in the wake of the Supreme Court’s immunity decision, which describes Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election results as a “private criminal effort.”
Smith’s 165-page filing was unsealed on Wednesday.
It comes after the Supreme Court determined that former presidents retain immunity when exercising core constitutional powers.
The decision also says they are presumptively immune for all other official acts.
Although the court determined Trump’s pressure campaign at the Department of Justice was immune, it remanded the case back to US District Judge Tanya Chutkan.
This is to determine whether the rest of Trump’s actions are protected from prosecution.
In particular, the filing reveals new evidence of the former president’s efforts to sway election officials in key swing states to overturn their states’ election results in his favor.
It also notes Trump was personally involved in reaching out to state leaders he was pressuring to intervene in the election
Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung called the brief “falsehood-ridden” and “unconstitutional.”
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