Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigations involving Trump have cost more than $9 million

Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigations of former President Donald 
Trump's retention of classified records and efforts to overturn the 
results of the 2020 election 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.

Trump was indicted last month on 37 felony counts alleging he illegally 
kept classified records at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida and refused 
government demands to give them back. Trump and his valet, Walt Nauta — 
who was charged alongside the former president — 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.

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