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Jack Smith doing more than 'taking the gloves off' in new Trump filing: Legal expert

Jack Smith doing more than 'taking the gloves off' in new Trump filing: Legal expert

A former federal prosecutor and legal expert Glenn Kirschner described Special Counsel Jack Smith's methods of jury selection as "priming the well" in advance of former President Donald Trump's federal election interference case.

In Smith's newest filing, he is doing more than taking off the gloves, according to Kirschner. "He boxed them up, taped up the box, and sent them to long-term storage."

Reading from the "Motion for Fair and Protective Jury Procedures" filed by Smith, which seeks to have the Judge Tanya Chutkan utilize a written questionnaire to select a jury and also keep Trump, his lawyers, and close supporters from tainting the jury. ...