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Trump's classic delay and divert legal strategy is running out of road
CNNA trio of new defeats extended former President Donald Trump’s legal losing streak as he seeks to delay or avoid scrutiny over his hoarding of classified documents and his 2020 election chicanery.
In another big victory for the Justice Department Thursday, days after it won convictions of far-right Oath Keepers insurrectionists, an appeals court halted a third-party review of material taken by the FBI from Trump’s Florida resort. Thursday’s order could allow prosecutors to press ahead more quickly as they probe possible breaches of the Espionage Act and whether Trump or aides obstructed justice over material that was carelessly stored and to which he may not be entitled under the law.
In another blow to the ex-president on Thursday, a federal judge ordered former Trump White House lawyers to give additional grand jury testimony after dismissing Trump’s claims rooted in attorney client or executive privilege.
The two lawyers had declined to answer certain questions during a previous appearance before the grand jury in the criminal investigation into the US Capitol insurrection. Both this case, and the matter focusing on documents taken by Trump from the White House, are now overseen by special counsel Jack Smith.
In another big victory for the Justice Department Thursday, days after it won convictions of far-right Oath Keepers insurrectionists, an appeals court halted a third-party review of material taken by the FBI from Trump’s Florida resort. Thursday’s order could allow prosecutors to press ahead more quickly as they probe possible breaches of the Espionage Act and whether Trump or aides obstructed justice over material that was carelessly stored and to which he may not be entitled under the law.
In another blow to the ex-president on Thursday, a federal judge ordered former Trump White House lawyers to give additional grand jury testimony after dismissing Trump’s claims rooted in attorney client or executive privilege.
The two lawyers had declined to answer certain questions during a previous appearance before the grand jury in the criminal investigation into the US Capitol insurrection. Both this case, and the matter focusing on documents taken by Trump from the White House, are now overseen by special counsel Jack Smith.
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