Who is Jack Smith, the special counsel prosecuting Donald Trump?
The man who has indicted the former president over alleged election subversion is an experienced and independent lawyer
A grand jury indicted Donald Trump on Tuesday over his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The 45-page indictment against Trump - which includes one count of conspiracy to defraud the US, one count of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights - was filed by special counsel Jack Smith in federal district court in Washington DC.
Smith, a 54-year-old veteran prosecutor appointed as special counsel by the attorney general, Merrick Garland, in November 2022, has now brought two indictments against Trump, the first one surrounding Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents that were discovered at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
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