Special Counsel Jack Smith spent over $5 million in the first 4 months of the Trump investigations
WASHINGTON — Special Counsel Jack Smith spent more than $5 million in the first four months of federal investigations into former President Donald Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents and his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection. Expense statements released by the Justice Department on Friday showed Smith's office spent $5.4 million between his appointment last year and last March. Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Smith to lead the two separate investigations in November 2022. The bulk of that spending, more than $4 million, was spent on salaries and benefits for staff working on his team and payments to contractors…
