DOJ's 'secret legal battle' could 'open a floodgate of damaging info about Trump' [View all]
A new report from New York Magazine documents how the United States Department of Justice has been waging what it describes as a "largely secret legal battle" that could soon "open a floodgate of damaging information" about former President Donald Trump.
Even though the DOJ's investigation into Trump's actions leading up to the January 6th Capitol riots has taken a backseat to its investigation into Trump's refusal to return top-secret government documents despite being given a lawful subpoena, New York Magazine's Ankush Khardori notes that there has been a recent flurry of behind-the-scenes activity that suggests the DOJ could spring into action shortly after next week's midterm elections.
Among other things, Khardori notes that the DOJ has breached Trump's bubble of executive privilege by securing the testimony of former White House officials Greg Jacob and Marc Short.
"At first blush, this may seem like a fight among lawyers with esoteric stakes concerning the scope of executive privilege, but there are significant consequences if the Justice Department successfully continues down this path," Khardori argues. "Prosecutors could obtain fulsome information about what Trump himself (as opposed to the people around him) was actually saying and doing in the run-up to and during the January 6 siege."
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