A federal judge in Washington released Special Counsel Jack Smith’s latest filing on Wednesday in the 2020 election case against former President Donald Trump. The 165-page document explains additional evidence that paints Trump’s alleged criminal actions as those of a private citizen. Smith filed a reworked indictment in response to the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling. Steven Cheung, a spokesman for the Trump campaign, said the filing was “falsehood-ridden” and “unconstitutional.”
Israel struck central Beirut in Lebanon early on Thursday morning, in what was the first Israeli strike on the area since the 2006 Lebanon War. Lebanon’s health ministry said six people were killed. U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he would not support Israeli strikes on sites related to Tehran’s nuclear program in response to Iran’s recent missile attack on Israel.
Biden is expected to travel to Florida and Georgia on Thursday to survey storm damage caused by Hurricane Helene. The death toll is now above 190, with hundreds more missing. Thousands in North Carolina are still without water and essential supplies.
