{"id":2012930,"date":"2023-08-26T11:13:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T15:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-counsels-office-met-with-top-aide-for-jack-smith-fbi-agent-weeks-before-trump-indictment-report\/"},"modified":"2023-08-26T11:13:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T15:13:40","slug":"white-house-counsels-office-met-with-top-aide-for-jack-smith-fbi-agent-weeks-before-trump-indictment-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-counsels-office-met-with-top-aide-for-jack-smith-fbi-agent-weeks-before-trump-indictment-report\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Counsel&#8217;s Office met with Jack Smith&#8217;s top aide and FBI Agent prior to Trump indictment: Report."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Fwhite-house-counsels-office-met-with-top-aide-for-jack-smith-fbi-agent-weeks-before-trump-indictment-report%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=2012930&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--><h2>The White\u200b House Counsel&#8217;s \u2062Office Meets with Special Counsel Aide and FBI\u2063 Agent<\/h2>\n<p>The White House counsel&#8217;s office\u200c recently held a \u200dmeeting with \u200da top aide to Special Counsel Jack Smith and an FBI agent, shedding light on the ongoing investigation into former President Donald Trump&#8217;s\u2064 alleged mishandling of classified documents.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Smith&#8217;s top aide, Jay Bratt, met \u2064with Caroline Seba, deputy chief of staff for the White \u200bHouse counsel&#8217;s office, on March 31, according to White \u200cHouse visitor logs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This meeting, which took\u2063 place approximately two months\u2063 before Trump was charged, raises questions about the \u200dcoordination and motives behind the \u2064prosecution\u2064 of the\u200c former president.<\/p>\n<h3>A Coordinated Prosecution?<\/h3>\n<p>While the visitor logs do not \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-snubs-gop-leaders-on-new-iran-diplomacy\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Snubs GOP Leaders on New Iran Diplomacy\">provide specific details<\/a> about \u2062the\u200b meeting, former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani believes it\u2064 indicates a\u200d coordinated effort to prosecute Trump, who \u2062is also President Biden&#8217;s \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-durham-probe\/\" title=\"Everything You Need To Know About The Durham Probe\">chief political rival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;There is no \u2064legitimate purpose for a line [DOJ] guy to be meeting with the White House\u2063 except if it&#8217;s \u2064coordinated by the highest levels,&#8221; Giuliani stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Giuliani further expressed concerns \u2064about the erosion of ethical rules and the creation of what he calls a &#8220;Biden state prosecutor and a Biden state police.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Indictment and the Mar-a-Lago\u200b Raid<\/h3>\n<p>Trump was indicted on June 8 for 40\u200d counts related to the handling of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/book-claims-lindsey-graham-called-trump-a-liar-during-ukraine-impeachment\/\" title=\"Book Claims Lindsey Graham Called Trump a Liar During Ukraine Impeachment\">classified documents seized<\/a> during an FBI raid \u200don his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Interestingly, Bratt had visited the estate just two months prior and interacted with\u200c Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Bratt&#8217;s involvement\u200c in pushing for the raid warrant, as reported by The Washington Post, suggests\u200c a personal connection to \u2063the case. During the meeting, Bratt allegedly expressed a\u200d lack of trust in the former president and his\u2064 lawyers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition to the classified\u2062 documents case, Special Counsel Jack Smith also \u200bindicted Trump on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/perry-verdict-shows-urgency-to-confront-blue-city-prosecutors\/\" title=\"Perry Verdict Displays Urgency To Face Blue City's's Attorneys\">felony charges related<\/a> to\u200c his alleged role in seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election, citing the Capitol riot as an &#8220;unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Concerns and Lack of Transparency<\/h3>\n<p>Legal experts, such as\u2062 George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley, have raised concerns\u2062 about the meeting between Bratt, the White House, and the FBI.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;There is\u2062 no reason why\u2063 the Justice \u2064Department should not be able to confirm whether this meeting was related to\u200c the ongoing investigation or concerns some other matter,&#8221; Turley stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, the\u2063 special counsel&#8217;s spokesman described Bratt&#8217;s presence \u200cat the White \u200bHouse\u2064 as a\u200c &#8220;case-related interview,&#8221; while the FBI declined to comment on the meeting.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around two months prior to charging former President Donald Trump for mishandling classified documents, Special Counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s top aide, Jay Bratt, and an FBI agent met with Caroline Seba, deputy chief of staff for the White House counsel&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2012931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2012930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2012931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}