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Ex-prosecutor Jack Smith named special counsel to run Trump probes

Erin Burnett OutFront

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Trump's Special Counsel

Jack Smith, a longtime Justice Department prosecutor, will oversee the criminal investigations into both the retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. And the other one, parts of the DOJ's January 6th investigation. Prosecutors sent out several new subpoenas related to both investigations in recent days and deadlines on some of those subpoenas are as early as next week. Some of the people in Trump's orbit who were subpoenaed have recently been given dates in the near future to appear before grand jury.

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