Special Counsel Jack Smith Files Brief Under Seal in Trump Jan. 6 Case

The filing is expected to comprehensively outline the special counsel’s argument on how the Supreme Court ruling applies to Trump’s criminal case.

(Left) Special Counsel Jack Smith in Washington on Aug. 1, 2023. (Right) Former President Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Fla., on Nov. 8, 2022. Saul Loeb/Eva Marie Uzcategui/AFP via Getty Images

Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a legal brief under seal on Thursday in his Jan. 6 case against former President Donald Trump.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia had given Smith until 5 p.m. on Thursday to file a new legal brief after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Trump was protected by some presidential immunity from criminal prosecution.