Baton Rouge man at center of Trump tax return hacking probe 'tricked' by federal agents, lawyer ...
Baton Rouge man at center of Trump tax return hacking probe 'tricked' by federal agents, lawyer claims
Saying the interrogation at a Baton Rouge hotel was far from a "friendly Kumbaya campfire singalong," an attorney for a local private investigator accused in a failed bid to obtain the tax returns of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump is once again urging a federal judge to disallow the statements he made to armed agents in October.
Jordan Hamlett was "tricked" into meeting at the Embassy Suites with special agents of the FBI and U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration who did not advise him of his Miranda rights, including the right to remain silent and the right to have an attorney present during the questioning, Hamlett's attorney, Michael Fiser, argues in federal court documents filed Sunday.
Fisher contends Hamlett, 31, of Baton Rouge, was not free to leave the hotel during the more than two-hour interrogation and that the statements he made were not voluntary.
Acting U.S. Attorney Corey Amundson declined comment Tuesday on Hamlett's latest court filing.
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