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Former federal prosecutor, now CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig tore into both special counsel Jack Smith and federal Judge Tanya Chutkan for breaking all norms to unseal a court filing in the 2020 election interference cast against Donald Trump just as voters are going to the polls. The 165-page brief contains “evidence” Smith plans to present, if the case ever goes to trial. So that’s a headline Smith clearly wanted to get to the media. “The larger, if less obvious, headline is that Smith has essentially abandoned any pretense; he’ll bend any rule, switch up on any practice — so long as …

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