Will Jack Smith’s New Filing Affect the 2024 Election?

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🗓️ 4 October 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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A judge unsealed a new 165-page brief from special counsel Jack Smith, revealing more of the damning details behind the criminal charges against Donald Trump and his effort to overturn the 2020 election. Is this the swift pursuit of justice, or an effort by Smith and the Department of Justice to influence the 2024 election? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.2	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal,
0:20.9	this is Potomac Watch.
0:24.2	Special counsel Jack Smith files a new brief
0:26.9	in his January 6th case against Donald Trump,
0:30.1	unveiling a bevy of new and unflattering details to support the prosecutor's claim that the former
0:36.1	president engaged in criminal conduct. What's in that brief? Does it comply with the Supreme
0:41.6	Court's ruling on presidential immunity?
0:44.0	And coming as it does a month before the election, does it count as election interference?
0:49.0	Welcome to Potomac Watch.
0:51.0	I am Kim Strosel and answering those questions for us today are my two
0:55.6	esteemed colleagues, Manet Uque Barua and Bill McCern. Welcome all. Just a little
1:01.4	quick background here.
1:02.6	The Supreme Court in July ruled that former presidents are entitled to some level of immunity
1:08.2	from criminal prosecutions, absolute immunity
1:14.0	but also presumptive immunity for some of their other duties.
1:18.0	This caved a big hole through the center of Smith's indictment
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