Jack Smith Shrugs at the Roberts Court

The special counsel merely trims and edits his indictment but hardly starts from scratch.

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Special Counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks on August 1, 2023 at Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The new so-called superseding indictment that Special Counsel Jack Smith just filed against President Trump is a shocking document. Not that it’s a surprise. Our A.R. Hoffman has been alerting readers for weeks to the prospect that a new indictment would be coming. It strips out charges that involve matters that the Supreme Court decided earlier this year are covered by immunity needed to protect the president from distraction by the courts.

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