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Special Counsel Jack Smith said Friday that he will continue to make filings in his case in D.C. alleging election subversion efforts by Donald Trump, firing back at a bid by the ex-president to hold him in contempt. In a 15-page filing, Trump’s attorneys accused Smith and two other federal prosecutors of defying a court’s order pausing Trump’s federal election subversion trial. Some said, however, that the former president “overplayed his hand” with that motion. Now, Smith has filed an official response, according to Politico’s senior legal affairs reporter, Kyle Cheney. “Jack Smith says that…

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