Jack Smith pushes court not to ask jurors whom they voted for in 2020

Published February 29, 2024 12:23pm ET



Special counsel Jack Smith is urging the federal judge presiding over the Donald Trump classified documents case to deny the former president’s lawyers’ request to ask potential jurors which political party they support and whether they voted in the 2020 election, cementing tensions in a fight over the final jury questionnaire.

Although a trial in the case is still months away, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon asked Trump’s lawyers and Smith’s team to file a joint jury questionnaire by Wednesday in order to lay out the questions that prospective jurors will be asked. The joint filing contained text marked in red that denoted questions the government wants that Trump does not, while text marked in blue denoted language the defense proposed and to which the government objects.

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