Donald Trump’s classified information scandal just got a whole hell of a lot uglier for him – and Jack Smith is all over it

| 5:37 pm EDT October 22, 2023
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Donald Trump is already under criminal indictment and awaiting trial for stealing classified documents and improperly sharing them with unauthorized people. The only question at this point is whether he shared those documents with foreign nationals and/or foreign entities, and what his motivation was.

It was recently revealed that Trump improperly shared classified U.S. military information with Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt. It’s a given that if Special Counsel Jack Smith didn’t already know about this, he began digging deep into it right then and there to see what additional charges can be brought. In the meantime, the whole thing just got even uglier.

60 Minutes has obtained a recording of Pratt privately stating that dealing with Donald Trump as a businessman was like dealing with “the mafia.” So now we know that Trump was attempting to conduct personal business with this guy, even while improperly revealing classified information to him.

But the real story here is the New York Times revelation that Jack Smith and the DOJ have indeed interviewed Pratt as a witness against Trump, and that he could even end up testifying at Trump’s trial.

So now Jack Smith has a crucial cooperating witness lined up who can testify that Donald Trump improperly disclosed classified information while attempting to conduct personal business. Pratt is a respected businessman who isn’t accused of any wrongdoing, so he’d likely be seen as a highly credible witness by the jury. This just keeps getting uglier for Trump.