Special prosecutor for Trump says he ‘will seek speedy trial’ in former president’s case – video | US news

Special counsel Jack Smith, who has pursued criminal charges against Donald Trump, has said his team would seek ‘a speedy trial’. His statement to reporters followed an indictment against the embattled former president getting unsealed, which included 37 federal charges related to the mishandling of confidential national security documents including nuclear weapons secrets. Smith said it was ‘very important’ that ‘the defendants in this case must be presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law’