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Trump claims new Jack Smith filing is election interference. Here's how it became public.

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Former President Donald Trump and his campaign have accused special counsel Jack Smith of violating long-standing Justice Department norms.

The Justice Department typically abides by an informal 60-day “quiet period” before an election.

The new disclosures were made in an ongoing criminal case at the order of a federal judge, Tanya Chutkan , who made the decision to release the filing.

Smith 's decision to seek a superseding indictment against Trump in August can't be separated from the reality that he and his team believe that Trump committed four felonies in a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election.

Trump ’s campaign rhetoric about the Justice Department , going back to his time in office, has also deeply offended federal prosecutors to their core.