Jack Smith Responds to Edward Meese’s Amicus Brief, Calls It ‘Meritless’

Published on March 18, 2024

Special counsel Jack Smith has again shot down claims he lacks the legal authority to prosecute former President Donald Trump for alleged wrongful retention of classified documents, labelling the arguments as “meritless.” President Trump has been charged with 40 counts related to allegedly mishandling classified documents by keeping them after he left the White House in 2021 and obstructing officials from having them returned to the government. Mr. Smith was appointed special counsel on Nov. 18, 2022, to prosecute the government’s case against President Trump. However, a former U.S. Attorney General from the Ronald Raegan era, Edward Meese III, has argued in another amicus brief calling for the dismissal of the case, that U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland overstepped his statutory authority by appointing a special counsel in this case....

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