Special Counsel Has Spent $9M On Trump Investigation

CBS News reports:

Special counsel Jack Smith’s two investigations of former President Donald Trump cost more than $9 million in the first five months after Smith was tapped in November 2022 by Attorney General Merrick Garland to oversee the Justice Department’s ongoing Trump-related investigations, according to expenditure statements released Friday.

Smith is investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified White House records after he left office.

When Smith took over, both probes were already in progress, and in June, prosecutors secured an indictment against Trump and his longtime aide — Walt Nauta — for an alleged scheme regarding the retention of national defense information and obstruction of federal investigators.

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The Justice Department has spent over $9.2 million investigating former President Donald Trump since the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith in November, according to the first public accounting of Smith’s expenses. https://t.co/FPjZU9VcyZ

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