'Juicy tidbits' about Trump case will remain hidden for now in huge filing: legal expert

During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance suggested special counsel Jack Smith's 180-page filing earlier this week likely contains "juicy tidbits" related Donald Trump's attempt to subvert the 2020 presidential election that won't be revealed until the case goes to trial.

Speaking with host Willie Geist and MSNBC regular Mike Barnicle, Vance was asked about the massive submission to Judge Tanya Chutkan that required special permission from the judge, which the former prosecutor claimed will end up with huge redactions when first made available to the public.

"I think what will happen here, what Jack Smith has indicated to the court in his motion to exceed the page limit last week, is that he'll try to keep the sensitive information in this brief under seal," Vance began. "And that should be one occasion, in this case, where Donald Trump doesn't fight the special counsel."

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"Everyone will want that protective order to stay in place," she predicted. "So, what we'll see, this will take us back to the [Robert] Mueller era where we saw large filings with large blocks of big black stripes on the pages concealing the pages what you most wanted to read. I think that is what we'll see here — there may be some information that's deemed nonsensitive."

"But in terms of what's coming out in the public's eye that will certainly happen at trial. It may happen earlier as there's briefing about issues," she continued. "Trump may move to dismiss the charges against him. But we can expect, at least for the moment, that most of the juicy tidbits, for instance whether Jack Smith has picked up any cooperating witnesses, will likely remain under seal."

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