Special counsel Jack Smith has the constitutional authority to prosecute former President Donald Trump in his classified records case, a group of legal analysts and former U.S. officials argued in a new court motion this week.
In a motion filed with U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, the group argued that “the Court should reject as a matter of law Defendant Donald J. Trump’s contention that the Special Counsel’s appointment is unlawful.”
Signatories of the brief include former deputy Attorney General Donald Ayer, several former U.S. attorneys, a Georgetown University law professor, former U.S. Army Secretary Louis Caldera, former Rep. Tom Coleman (R-Mo.), and television analyst and frequent Trump critic George Conway, among others….
