> BBC requests deposition of Jack Smith in defamation suit

Trump will drop the lawsuit before letting Smith testify and describe the actual evidence he found.

“ Nevertheless, in his public testimony,
Mr. Smith specifically declined to discuss the sources of his evidence (including declining to name
specific witnesses) out of concern for violating Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e). In a
deposition in this case, however, Mr. Smith could answer such questions under Rule 6(e)(3)(E)(i),
which allows for an exception “preliminarily to or in connection with a judicial proceeding.”