“The Government will offer it not to show the defendant’s criminal propensity, but to establish his motive, intent, preparation, knowledge, absence of mistake, and common plan.” “In an abundance of caution, the Government below notices evidence that, although intrinsic to the charged crimes, pre- or post-dates the charged criminal conspiracies,” the filing reads. A new filing to D.C.’s District Court has revealed Special Counsel Jack Smith’s strategy to convict former President Donald Trump in his upcoming 2020 election interference trial.ĭetails contained in the Tuesday filing, a notice of evidence to be introduced in the trial, indicate that Smith and his team plan to present the court with a far-reaching historical review of Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud, some of it dating back years before Trump even assumed the presidency.
