Trump special investigator sharply criticizes judge in trial over secret documents. Special investigator Jack Smith argues that records law has nothing to do with national security.

Trump is scheduled to stand trial in New York state beginning April 15 in a trial in which he is accused of falsifying business records to cover up a hush-money payment during the 2016 election. Two other criminal efforts to prevent Joe Biden's 2020 election victory are mired in preliminary proceedings in preliminary appeals in the Trump trial for time.