Special Counsel Jack Smith’s two investigations into former President Donald Trump have cost taxpayers more than $23 million, while the Justice Department’s investigation into President Biden’s classified documents case has so far cost about $6 million. 4 million dollars.
The figures, revealed in Justice Department spending reports released Friday, represent spending by respective special counsels between April 1, 2023, and Sept. 30, 2023, as well as costs incurred by other Department agencies. of Justice related to the investigations.
Smith’s expense statement shows the special counsel has spent more than $7.3 million on staff compensation and benefits, travel, rent, supplies, printing and contract services on the Trump investigations.
Other Justice Department agencies have incurred expenses totaling $7.2 million to assist Smith with his investigations into the 77-year-old former president, including by providing investigative support analysts and a security detail for the prosecutor. special “when justified,” according to the report.
The special counsel’s first expenditure report, released in July, showed that Smith and other Justice Department agencies had spent more than $9 million on Trump investigations from Nov. 18, 2022, to March 31, 2023, which brings the total known amount spent on their investigations to more than $23 million.
Expense reports from the Trump investigation totaled more than $7.3 million and included compensation and benefits for staff, travel, rent, supplies, printing and contract services. AP
Smith, appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland last November, has led investigations into Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents and his alleged efforts to interfere with the results of the 2020 election. Grand juries in Florida and Washington , DC have filed charges against the former president as a result of both investigations.
Unlike Trump’s investigations, the special counsel appointed last January to investigate Biden’s classified documents scandal only spent $2.8 million between April 1, 2023 and September 30, 2023, it showed another Justice Department report released Friday.
Other Justice Department agencies incurred about $2.4 million in additional expenses to support special counsel Robert Hur’s investigation into Biden.
Hur and agencies supporting Biden’s investigation previously spent about $1.2 million between Jan. 12, 2023, and March 31, 2023, leading to a total of about $6.4 million in federal money. contributors used in the research.
The special prosecutor appointed last January to investigate the Biden classified documents scandal only spent $2.8 million between April 1, 2023 and September 30, 2023. SHAWN THEW/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
In November, CNN and the Wall Street Journal reported that Biden and his longtime advisers will likely face harsh criticism but will not face criminal charges over the president’s withholding of classified material dating back to his time as a U.S. senator from Delaware. .
Hur’s team is reportedly preparing a lengthy report on the investigation that is expected to be highly critical of the handling of sensitive materials by the 80-year-old president and his staff, but is not expected to charge anyone for the affair.
Special counsel David Weiss, who is handling the Justice Department’s Hunter Biden case, has spent about $183,000 since his appointment as special counsel on Aug. 11, with additional Justice Department expenses totaling about $132,000.
A Justice Department investigation into Biden and his son Hunter spent about $183,000, with additional expenses totaling $132,000. AP
Weiss had been leading the investigation into the first child for five years before being elevated to special prosecutor.
He has filed tax and gun charges against Hunter Biden in California and Delaware since his appointment.
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