Emails Cast Doubt on Jack Smith Testimony He Followed Rules to Protect Attorney-Client Privilege

Then-Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigators improperly saw potential attorney-client privileged materials on multiple occasions during its probes of President Donald Trump, calling into question the controversial prosecutor’s recent Senate testimony that his team had always followed so-called filter team protocols to protect such information. Emails obtained under federal open records laws by The Oversight Project, a nonprofit investigative watchdog, show that Smith’s team internally acknowledged on at least six occasions between December 2022 and August 2023 when it had accidentally or improperly let suspected attorney-client privileged materials or other sensitive communications slide through filter team reviews. The documents were sent to frontline investigators, like FBI agents.

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