(Headline USA) Jack Smith‘s phony investigations of President Donald Trump have cost more than $9 million over the first several months, according to documents released Friday.
The special counsel’s office spent more than $5.4 million on things like employees’ salaries, travel and transportation, rent, supplies and materials from Smith’s appointment by Attorney General Merrick Garland in November 2022 through the end of March, Justice Department statement of expenditures show.
Justice Department agencies spent another $3.8 million to support the special counsel.
Those expenses include the cost of the protective details for the special counsel’s office as well as hours worked by agents and analysts on the probes.
President Trump was indicted last month on politically motivated charges.
Trump and his valet, Walt Nauta — who was charged alongside President Trump— have both pleaded not guilty.
Trump has denied any wrongdoing and slammed the prosecution as an attempt to hurt his bid to reclaim the White House in 2024.
In addition, Robert Mueller‘s investigation into whether the 2016 Trump campaign had colluded with Russia to tilt the outcome of the election in his favor cost roughly $32 million, according to Justice Department documents.
Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press
