Though all eyes have been on former President Donald Trump in a Manhattan courtroom, some are turning their attention to Trump’s classified documents case as it hits a series of major snags.
In a recent court filing, Jay Bratt, the lead Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutor now assigned to special counsel Jack Smith’s team, admitted that the FBI brought cover sheets reading “top secret” to its raid of Mar-a-Lago. The cover sheets, Bratt explained, were used as placeholders for the classified documents found at the scene. Now, both Trump’s defense and the special counsel are admitting that the documents seized from the former president’s residence are out of order, according to court documents first reported by Declassified with Julie Kelly.
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“Special counsel Jack Smith and his counselor Jay Bratt could face severe consequences if it is proven true that they doctored evidence and presented it to the court and the public knowing it was doctored. They could face discipline from the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility. They could face sanctions from Judge Cannon and they could face criminal prosecution for obstruction of justice,” Mike Davis, former law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and founder of the Article III Project, told the Daily Caller.
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“It’s becoming more clear to the public that Judge Cannon has serious concerns with how Biden special counsel Jack Smith and his counselor, Jay Bratt are running this criminal prosecution against President Trump,” Davis told the Daily Caller.
“Judge Cannon seems to have serious concerns with potential grand jury abuse by Jack Smith and Jay Bratt in D.C. before this unprecedented indictment and Judge Cannon seems very concerned about issues around issues with tampered evidence, spoliation of evidence and chain of custody issues that are serious potential constitutional and ethical violations that could lead to the dismissal of this case,” Davis added.
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