Trump To Mount Last-Ditch Effort To Block Jack Smith’s ‘False Hit Piece’ on January 6: Could It Harm His Presidential Bid?

The 45th president has just days to prevent the release of the special counsel’s 180-page case for conviction.

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Special Counsel Jack Smith speaks to reporters on June 9, 2023, at the District of Columbia. AP/Jose Luis Magana

President Trump’s escalating effort to stop Special Counsel Jack Smith’s book-length brief on immunity from seeing the light of day suggests that the opus could dent the 45th president’s re-election prospects — and that could be its goal. 

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