With latest expenditures, special counsel Jack Smith has spent nearly $13M on Trump probes, DOJ report shows
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Between April and September, Jack Smith spent $7.3 million on his probes into former President Trump, raising his total expenses to $12.7 million, the DOJ says.
Between April and September of last year, special counsel Jack Smith spent $7.3 million on his probes into former President Donald Trump, raising his total expenses to nearly $12.7 million, according to reports released Friday detailing the expenditures of Smith and other special prosecutors.
Smith's $7.3 million in expenditures between April and September were driven largely by compensation for staff as well as contractual services like litigation support, IT services and transcripts costs.
Other Justice Department expenses related to the probes, including the hours worked by investigative support analysts and the costs of protective details for Smith, came to an additional $7.2 million during that period, meaning the DOJ overall spent over $14.5 million between April and September of last year as part of the investigations into efforts by Trump to overturn the 2020 election and unlawfully retain classified documents.
In the previous period between November 2022 and March of 2023, Smith's investigation cost the Justice Department more than $9.2 million, including $5.4 million spent by Smith's office itself.
