DOJ's Wayne County (Michigan) subpoena asked for communications involving Trump, his campaign

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(Detroit Free Press) The special counsel leading the U.S. Department of Justice investigation into interference in the 2020 presidential election subpoenaed Wayne County's election commission in late November to seek records involving former President Donald Trump and his campaign.

The grand jury subpoena dated Nov. 22 from Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed by the Department of Justice, asked the Wayne County Election Commission to produce records from Trump and his aides covering communications from June 2020 through President Joe Biden's inauguration.

It mirrors a similar one from Smith seeking records from Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson asking for communications between her office and Trump campaign officials. Benson and the Wayne County Clerk's Office previously disclosed the existence of the subpoenas.

The Free Press obtained a copy of the subpoena through a public records request. The letter attached to the subpoena from Smith asked the commission not to disclose the subpoena but noted that it wasn't required to do so. "Any such disclosure could impede the investigation being conducted and thereby interfere with the enforcement of the law," reads the letter from Smith. ..............(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2023/01/11/doj-subpoena-wayne-county-trump-campaign-records/69799522007/