Within four months, $9.2 million has been spent, and the investigation into the Trump case incurs significant expenses. Federal | Prosecutor | Trump

Release time:Apr 14, 2024 08:53 AM

Jack Smith, a special prosecutor appointed by the US Department of Justice, is leading two federal criminal investigations against former Republican President Donald Trump, using a significant amount of manpower and financial resources. According to a report by The New York Times on July 23, the Smith investigation team's expenses have reached $9.2 million in the four months since November last year; Based on this estimate, its annual expenses may reach 25 million US dollars.

Out of the $9.2 million already spent, $1.9 million was used to hire US law enforcement officers to protect Smith and his family, as well as some investigators under threat on social media.

According to reports, members of the Smith team include 40 to 60 prosecutors, legal assistants, and work assistants. FBI agents and technical experts rotate to join the team to supplement manpower.

A survey led by the Smith team attempted to confirm Trump's role in the Capitol riot, with particularly broad implications. Trump lost in the presidential election held in November 2020. His supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, attempting to prevent both houses of Congress from certifying the election results. They clashed with security personnel, resulting in 5 deaths and approximately 140 injuries.

Tracing down members of the Capitol building riot has become one of the largest investigations in the history of the US Department of Justice. During peak hours, all 56 offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and multiple federal prosecutor's offices were involved. More than 600 FBI agents and co investigators have been assigned tasks related to the case.

Several officials from the Ministry of Justice insist that the department has sufficient budget and manpower, and that the Trump case has not taken up any other investigative resources. However, various signs indicate that the Ministry of Justice is under tremendous pressure.

The federal prosecutor's office located in Washington D.C. has filed over 1000 cases against rioters in the Capitol building, and its personnel are overwhelmed by the massive amount of videos, testimonies, and investigation documents that need to be processed. The office subsequently spent millions of dollars to create an internal information management system to organize the evidence collected by federal investigators. The federal prosecutor's office and the federal public defender's office in other regions have also sent personnel to Washington to provide support.

The situation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation is similar. Except for the offices in the capital Washington, several FBI offices across the United States have sent personnel to assist in the investigation. Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriat revealed in a letter to Republicans in the House of Representatives in June that the Smith team has hired about 26 FBI agents to participate in two investigations against Trump, with occasional additions.

The New York Times also mentioned that Robert Miller, the special prosecutor who led the "Russia to Russia" investigation during Trump's presidency, spent approximately $8.5 million over six months. The investigation into Russia took nearly two years to complete, and Miller ultimately decided not to prosecute Trump.

Trump was the first former president in American history to be criminally charged. Smith has filed 37 federal charges against Trump for improper handling of confidential documents and subsequent obstruction of document retrieval during his resignation. The investigation into the relationship between Trump and the Capitol riot is nearing completion. Trump received a notice of investigation from the prosecution on the 16th, which means that Smith may soon make new charges against Trump.

Two women were stabbed to death and reported to have committed a crime 4 days before the follow-up visit for schizophrenia. Suspect of a bloody murder case in a Hong Kong shopping mall appeared in court today. Male | Last Friday | Murder case
Two women were stabbed to death and reported to have committed a crime 4 days before the follow-up visit for schizophrenia. Suspect of a bloody murder case in a Hong Kong shopping mall appeared in court today. Male | Last Friday | Murder case

According to Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po, a bloody knife stabbing case occurred at Hollywood Square in Diamond Hill last Friday. The police arrested a 39 year old man on suspicion of stabbing two young women, one of whom was stabbed over 30 times. The suspect appeared in the Kwun Tong Magistrates Court this morning. The police at the Kwun Tong Magistrate's Court temporarily charged the suspect with two counts of murder last Sunday. The suspect appeared in court this morning at the Kwun Tong Magistrate's Court. Acting Chief Magistrate Zheng Jihang, after listening to the opinions of both the prosecution and defense, decided to postpone the hearing for two weeks until 9:30 am on June 19th, waiting for two psychiatric expert reports to be obtained. The defense did not object. Zheng Jihang approved the application, and the defendant needs to be temporarily detained at Xiaolan Mental Hospital. When the suspect appeared in court, he wore black framed glasses, a light gray shirt, and camouflage green shorts, and was able to answer the judge's questions normally. accordingly

Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee: The focus of Henan's "summer harvest" has shifted to agricultural machinery in the northern region of Henan Province. | Support | Science | Organization | Province | Northern Henan | Summer Harvest | Rush Harvest
Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee: The focus of Henan's "summer harvest" has shifted to agricultural machinery in the northern region of Henan Province. | Support | Science | Organization | Province | Northern Henan | Summer Harvest | Rush Harvest

Currently, the highly anticipated summer harvest work in Henan has shifted its focus to the northern region of Henan. According to the Henan Daily client, on June 4th, Lou Yangsheng, Secretary of the Henan Provincial Party Committee, presided over a special video scheduling meeting on the "Three Summers" work in the province, listened to the situation report, analyzed and judged the situation, and arranged and deployed the next steps of work. Governor Wang Kai made specific arrangements. On the evening of May 31, 2023, in Xiafutou Village, Xuliang Town, Boai County, Jiaozuo, Henan Province, villagers braved light rain in the wheat fields to harvest wheat. Visual China Map Lou Yangsheng pointed out that the current summer harvest battle in the province has entered the decisive stage. Doing a good job in summer harvest in northern Henan Province is related to the summer grain yield and seed safety. We should focus on seizing opportunities and make every effort to organize the wheat harvesting work in the northern Henan region, minimize losses, and protect the interests of farmers to the greatest extent possible. Accurate forecasting is essential

Xinhua All Media+| Welcome home! What innovative technologies are protecting the return journey of Shenzhou 15? Spaceship | Shenzhou | Technology
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The Chinese naval fleet has arrived! Assembly | Navy | Chinese Fleet
The Chinese naval fleet has arrived! Assembly | Navy | Chinese Fleet

At noon today, a Chinese naval fleet consisting of Zhanjiang and Xuchang ships arrived at the assembly area of the "Comodo-2023" multinational maritime joint exercise. It is understood that the assembly anchorage for this exercise is 3 nautical miles long and 1.5 nautical miles wide, capable of anchoring up to 50 ships. Naval vessels from various countries participating in the exercise will also arrive at the anchorage today to complete the assembly of the "Komodo 2023" multinational maritime joint exercise, which is held every two years by the Indonesian Navy. This year is already the fourth edition of the exercise. The exercise will be held from June 5th to 8th in the city of Jakarta, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, including the port and sea phases. In the coming days, participating navies from various countries will participate in ship reading style search and rescue exercises, maritime interception and damage management exercises, aerial exercises, and other course objectives exercises

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On the evening of June 1st, the US Senate passed a bill on the federal government's debt ceiling and budget, and the flame of the US debt bomb was temporarily extinguished at the last moment. The two parties in the United States have staged an extreme tug of war over the US debt bomb. Some experts believe that the US debt crisis is the result of the reckless politics promoted by the US dollar hegemony, and the underlying cause of this crisis is the highly polarized political system of the US. Since the end of World War II, the US Congress has adjusted the debt ceiling more than a hundred times. The recurring debt crisis will not only have a catastrophic impact on the US economy and people's livelihoods, but also continuously erode the value of US dollar assets such as government credit and US bonds, bringing significant and far-reaching impacts to the global economic landscape. 【