>Obama administration and Jan. 6 Committee attorney Eric Columbus, for one, saw the filing as a “prelude” to Trump lawyers asking the U.S. Supreme Court to get involved — again.

>Trump’s lawyers, leaving aside whether Smith’s evidence-related filings actually are “politically motivated” and timed for election season, then cited a series of critical articles — penned by anyone from George W. Bush-era Assistant Attorney General Jack Goldsmith to CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig — to argue that there is at least “a concerning appearance of election interference.”


Justice is not election interference. Doubly so when it comes to Trump.