Jack Smith Reveals Plans to Use Trump’s Cellphone Data in Federal Election Trial

Three expert witnesses could be called on to testify about data from President Trump’s phone usage post-2020 election, per a court filing.

Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the press at the Department of Justice building in Washington, on August 1, 2023. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

Special counsel Jack Smith has revealed plans that he may present data analysts to comment on then-President Donald Trump’s White House cellphone and Twitter data in a forthcoming Washington, D.C., trial in the federal election case.

In a court filing on Monday, Mr. Smith outlined the government’s intention to call up to three expert witnesses to testify in the case, in which President Trump is charged with four counts related to his post-election efforts to challenge the process and results of the 2020 election.