This decision is another reminder that Trump’s legal woes extend far beyond hush-money payments to porn stars.
from questioning White House witnesses about their former boss. Judge Beryl Howell issued the decision in a sealed order last week.
The judicial order, per the reports, paves the way for Smith to compel testimony from top Trump deputies and loyalists including:Stephen Miller, the far-right Trump adviser and speechwriterKen Cuccineli, a former top Homeland Security official Trump is expected to appeal the decision, which holds that executive privilege — the right of the executive branch to shield some of its machinations from scrutiny by the legislative and judicial branches — does pertain in this instance.
The former president is predictably pissed. “The DOJ is continuously stepping far outside the standard norms in attempting to destroy the long accepted, long held, Constitutionally based standards of attorney-client privilege and executive privilege,” a Trump spokesperson told ABC in a statement that also alleged: “There is no factual or legal basis or substance to any case against President Trump.
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