Special Counsel Jack Smith Objects to Trump’s Request for Secure Facility to Discuss Classified Documents

Prosecutors argued the move would amount to “special treatment.”
Special Counsel Jack Smith Objects to Trump’s Request for Secure Facility to Discuss Classified Documents
Former President and 2024 hopeful Donald Trump speaks during the Alabama Republican Party's summer dinner in Montgomery, Ala., on Aug. 4, 2023. Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images
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Prosecutors with special counsel Jack Smith on Aug. 14 objected to a request by former President Donald Trump’s lawyers to set up a sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF) to allow him and his legal team to discuss the classified documents in the case against him, arguing the move would amount to “special treatment.”

In a court filing (pdf) to U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, prosecutors with Mr. Smith pushed back against President Trump’s request, claiming that the 2024 Republican presidential candidate was seeking “special treatment that no other criminal defendant would receive and that is unsupported by law or precedent.”
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