Special Counsel Jack Smith's latest filing in the D.C. election subversion case against Donald Trump contains a "money line" that will ultimately determine a major issue in the criminal case, according to a former prosecutor.
Ex-federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner over the weekend highlighted a new filing by Smith in the case overseen by Judge Tanya Chutkan. The joint filing was at the direction of the judge, according to the legal analyst.
"There's a new court filing in Donald Trump's criminal case in Washington, D.C., the case in which he's indicted on four felony counts for trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election," Kirschner says. "And in that court filing, there is one sentence that holds the answer to the question, 'Will the American people get to learn more about Donald Trump's January 6 crimes before they have to go to the polls on November 5?'"
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After Smith suggests the court review presidential immunity issues before promptly moving forward with the case, Kirschner highlights what he says could be the most important sentence in the filing.
"The article goes on to quote what I would call the 'money line' in this new joint court filing," he says before quoting the line:
"The Government proposes that it file an opening brief in which it will explain why the immunity set forth in Trump does not apply to the categories of allegations in the superseding indictment or additional unpled categories of evidence that the Government intends to introduce at trial and will proffer in its brief," prosecutors wrote.
That sentence, Kirschner added, "will determine" whether Americans get more information on Trump's alleged misdeeds related to the last election. He goes on to dive into the line, translating it from "legalese" and explaining what he thinks is its significance.
