Filing exposes Jack Smith’s secret meeting fight in classified document case: analyst

Special counsel Jack Smith is fighting in secret meetings to set the classified record straight, but one lingering question remains when it comes to Judge Aileen Cannon.

“Will she care?”

That’s the question posed by MSNBC legal writer Jordan Rubin in his analysis of the latest closed-door meetings in the Florida federal case against former President Donald Trump.

Rubin took a close look at a Friday filing in which Smith’s team said they wanted to “set the record straight on the underlying facts that led to this prosecution.”

The filing states: "Where the defendants perceive 'bias,' 'weaponize[d]' use of authorities, and a 'sham referral,' all attributed to an undifferentiated 'Biden Administration,' . . . the record shows only different government agencies, with specific portfolios and responsibilities, at work to solve an increasingly vexing and concerning problem."

The legal analyst called this response “illuminating.”

“The response from Smith’s team is illuminating in a case that’s necessarily marked by secrecy and hasn’t always given the public a clear view of what the parties are doing and thinking,” Rubin wrote.

“That the DOJ response comes amid a discovery dispute is also a reminder that a trial on this matter is potentially far off.”

Rubin argues while Smith may have a valid case to make, it’s up to a Trump-appointed judge to issue a ruling.

"Trump ‘paints an inaccurate and distorted picture of events,’” Rubin writes. “Will [Cannon] care?”