White House visitor logs show that an aide for special counsel Jack Smith quietly met with the White House Counsel’s office just weeks before the indictment of President Donald Trump on classified documents charges.
Visitor logs reviewed by The Epoch Times show that Jay Bratt, a prosecutor on Mr. Smith’s team, met with Caroline Saba, deputy chief of staff for President Joe Biden’s White House Counsel’s office, on March 31.
Although the logs provide no details as to the subject of the meeting or what was discussed, questions have been raised about why a member of Mr. Smith’s team would be meeting with the White House Counsel’s office while in the midst of an investigation into President Trump, who is President Biden’s chief rival in the 2024 presidential race.
Neither the White House nor the Department of Justice (DOJ) returned a request from The Epoch Times for more details about the meeting.
Mystery Meeting
While the subject of the meeting remains a mystery, it took place several days after an Obama-appointed judge ordered Trump lawyer Evan Corcoran to testify before a grand jury in Mr. Smith’s investigation into documents held by the former president at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida.
Mr. Smith’s team prevailed in getting more testimony from Mr. Corcoran after Chief Judge Beryl Howell rejected attorney-client privilege claims that Mr. Corcoran raised during an appearance before a grand jury in Washington in January.
On June 13, President Trump pleaded not guilty to the 37 charges, including alleged violations of the Espionage Act, which criminalizes unauthorized possession of defense information.
Mr. Giuliani remarked further on the March 31 meeting between Mr. Bratt and Ms. Saba, saying that he believes it shows that the Justice Department has become politically weaponized by President Biden.
“It is a Biden state prosecutor and a Biden state police,” Mr. Giuliani said.
Neither the DOJ nor the White House responded to a request for comment on Mr. Giuliani’s remarks.
The video suggests that the various indictments are boosting President Trump’s popularity, an effect opposite of what was presumably intended.
Classified Documents Case
Initially, Mr. Smith indicted President Trump on June 8 on dozens of counts in connection with allegations that he kept national defense secrets at his Florida residence.Mar-a-Lago staffer Carlos De Oliveira was named as a third defendant in the superseding indictment, along with Trump aide Walt Nauta and the former commander in chief.
President Trump has said he used his presidential authority to declassify all the relevant documents in the case against him and has denied that he hid any materials from the government.
On Aug. 1, after the new charges were announced, the former president wrote on his social media platform: “The security tapes being deleted was a made up lie by deranged Jack Smith! Election interference.”
