Judge Aileen Cannon of the Southern District of Florida invalidated two of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s sealed filings.
She wrote, “The Special Counsel states in conclusory terms that the supplement should be sealed from public view ‘to comport with grand jury secrecy,’ but the motion for leave and the supplement plainly fail to satisfy the burden of establishing a sufficient legal or factual basis to warrant sealing the motion and supplement.”
She then denied the motion.
“Among other topics as raised in the Motion, the response shall address the legal propriety of using an out-of-district grand jury proceeding to continue to investigate and/or to seek post-indictment hearings on matters pertinent to the instant indicted matter in this district,” the statement continued.
After the filing, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) warned that he may call Smith before a congressional committee.
“House Republicans should immediately demand that Jack Smith present himself for a transcribed interview with the Judiciary Committee in the next 15 days,” he said in a Newsmax interview.
The representative added, “If he does not do that, we should send a subpoena. If he ignores the subpoena, we should hold him in criminal contempt of the Congress, so that he is the first prosecutor in American history to prosecute a case while himself under criminal contempt.”
He noted that the event is “all an effort to try to distract us from the very real crimes committed by Hunter and Joe Biden.”
Reporting from Conservative Brief:
Last month, Gaetz introduced legislation to defund Smith’s investigation. The Florida Republican’s bill comes as Robert Hur, a special counsel appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents, hasn’t been heard from much since he was authorized in January. It also comes as Trump predicted that Smith would soon indict him over the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. “I will be introducing legislation to DEFUND Jack Smith’s witch hunt against President Trump,” Gaetz wrote on Twitter just hours after Trump’s announcement on Truth Social.
