{"id":1966995,"date":"2023-07-07T17:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T21:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jack-smith-spends-over-5-million-in-just-four-months-in-trump-investigation\/"},"modified":"2023-07-07T17:13:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T21:13:30","slug":"jack-smith-spends-over-5-million-in-just-four-months-in-trump-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jack-smith-spends-over-5-million-in-just-four-months-in-trump-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Smith&#8217;s Trump investigation costs exceed $5 million in four months."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjack-smith-spends-over-5-million-in-just-four-months-in-trump-investigation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1966995&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Special Counsel Jack Smith arrives to deliver remarks on a recently unsealed indictment against former President Donald Trump at the Justice Department on June 9, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/roy-francis\">Roy Francis<\/a><br \/>1:44 PM \u2013 Friday, July 7, 2023<\/p>\n<p><h2>The Cost of Investigating Trump<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>The office of Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the probe into 45<sup>th<\/sup> President Donald Trump\u2019s alleged mishandling of sensitive documents, has spent almost $5.5 million in the first four months of the investigation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN: DOJ reveals special counsel spending data.<\/p>\n<p>Here are Jack Smith&#8217;s numbers through March 31 (left) and Bob Hur&#8217;s numbers (right), also through March 31: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YpDxFi9n9P\">pic.twitter.com\/YpDxFi9n9P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kyledcheney\/status\/1677333136034742272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/d9\/2023-07\/Special%20Counsel%27s%20Office%20of%20John%20L.%20Smith%20-%20Statement%20of%20Expenditures%20-%20November%2018%202022%20to%20March%2031%202023_FINAL_7.5.23%20v1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement of expenditure<\/a> of the office of Special Counsel was released on Friday and it revealed that $5.5. million were spent by Smith between November 2022 and March 2023. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the disclosure, $1,881,926 were spent on \u201ccontractual services\u201d which included $1,674,947 that were spent on \u201clitigation\/investigative support,\u201d $143,493 used for \u201cIT services,\u201d $63,151 on \u201ctranscripts,\u201d and $335 \u201cfor other services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>$2.6 out of the $5.5 million were spent on personnel compensation, and $456,808 were used for \u201crent, communication, and utilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Along with the $5.5 million that were spent by Smith, an additional $3.8 million were spent by other Department of Justice entities to support Smith and his investigation. The additional $3.8 million included payments for \u201chours worked by agents and investigative support analysts\u201d as well as protective detail for the Smith \u201cwhen warranted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0In total, the Department of Justice has spent nearly $9.2 million as part of the investigation into Trump.<\/p>\n<p>In comparison, John Durham spent a total of $7,683,839 in the two and half years that he spent investigating the supposed Russian interference in the United States election.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, $615,962 were spent by Special Counsel Robert Hur since he was assigned to investigate President Joe Biden\u2019s alleged mishandling of classified documents when he was serving as Vice President.<\/p>\n<p>Smith has received criticism and has been under scrutiny since he was selected to lead the investigation. Representative Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-Ga.) has also introduced a bill aimed at defunding the office of Jack Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Trump faces 37 felony counts which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-senate-sets-deadline-for-attorney-general-ken-paxtons-impeachment-trial\/\" title=\"Texas Senate imposes deadline for Ken Paxton's impeachment trial.\">include making false statements<\/a>, conspiracy to obstruct justice and willful retention of national defense information, related to the more than 100 classified documents that were recovered from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>He pled not guilty on all counts and has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and has maintained his innocence.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here.\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>Other News:<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A super PAC backing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says an even mix of Republicans and Democrats contributed to its $10.25 million haul. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis defends an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kissinger-biden-must-uphold-trump-administrations-brilliant-policy-in-the-middle-east\/\" title=\"Kissinger: Biden Must Uphold Trump Administrations \u2018Brilliant\u2019 Policy In The Middle East\">ad put forward<\/a> by his super PAC, but critics have panned it as anti-gay<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Kevin Sorbo<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Lewis Brackpool<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Josh Ye and David Kirton HONG KONG (Reuters) -Alibaba Group Holdings and Huawei Technologies Co on Friday showcased new products, including\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union and Belgium\u2019s regional Flemish government will together invest 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in Belgian chip technology\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Jody Godoy (Reuters) -Twitter has threatened to sue Meta Platforms over its new Threads platform in a letter sent to the\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>MADRID (Reuters) \u2013 U.S. chipmaker Broadcom will invest in a European Union-funded programme to develop a semiconductor industry in Spain, Chief Executive\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special Counsel Jack Smith speaks on unsealed indictment against ex-President Donald Trump at the Justice Department in Washington, DC. 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