Special Counsel’s Trump Probe Costs Taxpayers $9 Million, Biden Probe At $1.2 Million

Jack Smith, special counsel investigating President Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents, delivers a statement on the recent indictment of the former president in Washington on Friday, June 9, 2023. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigations into former President Donald Trump have cost taxpayers over $9 million while the Justice Department’s probe into President Joe Biden’s classified documents case has cost $1.2 million thus far.

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump smiles before he delivers remarks at a Nevada Republican volunteer recruiting event at Fervent: A Calvary Chapel on July 8, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Trump is the current frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination amid a growing field of candidates. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)