**Special Counsel Jack Smith takes the classified documents case involving Trump to Florida, summoning witnesses linked to Mar-a-Lago as the investigation continues. Legal experts are now speculating indictments might be pursued against Trump aides.**
Special Counsel Jack Smith is reportedly expanding his investigation into the case involving former President Donald Trump’s storing of presidential records at Mar-a-Lago. Leaks from the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg reveal that Smith is summoning witnesses to testify before a grand jury in Florida. Prosecutors are currently presenting evidence from this classified documents case to a grand jury in Washington DC.
There is now speculation that possible indictments against Mar-a-Lago staffers or Trump aides in Florida could be on the horizon. Evidence collected from the grand jury in Florida may be used in the DC case against Trump. The Justice Department rules indicate that prosecutors can only present a case for indictment to a grand jury in the district where an offense took place. However, they can use evidence collected in front of panels sitting elsewhere.
Special Counsel Jack Smith has issued federal grand jury subpoenas out of southern Florida to multiple witnesses, as the investigation continues. At least one additional witness has already appeared, and another is expected to testify this week. The investigation is focused on determining whether Trump or anyone else mishandled sensitive national security information or attempted to obstruct the government’s efforts to retrieve documents.
One incident that caught the attention of the prosecutor was when an employee at Mar-a-Lago drained the resort’s pool in October, inadvertently flooding a room full of computer servers that maintained surveillance video. Despite the equipment not being damaged, federal prosecutors find this suspicious, especially since the flooding happened after Trump received a subpoena for classified records and footage. This instance may be used to build an obstruction conspiracy case.
President Trump’s lawyers recently
