Jack Smith Opposes News Media Bid to Intervene in Trump Classified Documents Case

The Press Coalition didn’t identify any statutory right to intervene in the case, according to prosecutors.
Jack Smith Opposes News Media Bid to Intervene in Trump Classified Documents Case
Special counsel Jack Smith in Washington, on Aug. 1, 2023. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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Special prosecutor Jack Smith’s office on Feb. 5 opposed a motion by a coalition of local and national news media seeking to intervene in former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case in Florida.

Prosecutors argued that the Press Coalition lacked standing and that their request to unseal certain court records, which might be favorable to the former president’s defense, was already addressed by a previous defense motion.