Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a legal brief under seal on Thursday in his Jan. 6 case against former President Donald Trump.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia had given Smith until 5 p.m. on Thursday to file a new legal brief after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Trump was protected by some presidential immunity from criminal prosecution.
“We have complied with the court’s order,” Peter Carr, spokesperson for the special counsel’s office, told The Epoch Times in an emailed statement.
The filing is expected to comprehensively outline the special counsel’s argument on how the Supreme Court ruling applies to Trump’s criminal case. Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan allowed Smith to file a brief running as long as 180 pages….