Trump's lawyers demand access to classified docs they say Jack Smith is trying to 'hide'

Donald Trump's lawyers are again asking a federal judge to allow them access to classified materials that Special Counsel Jack Smith wants to redact, Newsweek reported Thursday.

Trump faces 37 charges related to his alleged storing of classified materials at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Trump's lawyers first asked for access to the documents earlier this month after they were filed by Smith under Section 4 of the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA), which blocks the defense from viewing them.

This Wednesday, Trump's lawyers argued that Smith's claim that the materials are too sensitive to be disclosed are "frivolous."

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But Trump's team says parts of the documents are not classified.

"CIPA does not apply to unclassified information. Thus, there is no basis for withholding these aspects of the Office's filing from cleared counsel," Trump's lawyers stated.

"Under those circumstances, it is extraordinary, unprecedented, and improper for the Special Counsel's Office to try to withhold such information from the defense as the Office seeks to use this prosecution to target the leading candidate in the 2024 presidential election," they wrote.

They asked that the court reject Smith's "attempt to hide unclassified arguments from President Trump's cleared counsel."

Read the full report over at Newsweek.