Jack Smith's New Indictment Is 'Slick Move,' Former Trump Lawyer Says

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Jack Smith's New Indictment Is 'Slick Move,' Former Trump Lawyer Says
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Smith filed a retooled indictment in Trump's federal election subversion case on Tuesday.

Special Counsel Jack Smith's decision to file an updated federal election subversion indictment against former President Donald Trump was a 'slick move,' according to former Trump lawyer William Brennan.Smith filed a superseding indictment in the federal election case on Tuesday, accusing Trump of the same four felony counts that he was indicted on in August 2023. The new indictment has been retooled to comply with the Supreme Court's recent ruling on presidential immunity.

'In response to a request for comment, Trump's office pointed Newsweek to a series of Truth Social posts from the former president denouncing the new indictment and demanding that the case be dismissed on Tuesday.Trump repeated familiar accusations that Smith was engaging in 'election interference' by charging him with crimes while also claiming that the special counsel had been 'illegally appointed.

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