Posted on 03/24/2023 9:23:45 AM PDT by Coronal
A federal judge has rejected former President Donald Trump's claims of executive privilege and has ordered Mark Meadows and other former top aides to testify before a federal grand jury investigating Trump's efforts to overturn the election leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News.
Meadows, Trump's former chief of staff, was subpoenaed along with the other former aides by Special counsel Jack Smith for testimony and documents related to the probe.
Trump's legal team had challenged the subpoenas by asserting executive privilege, which is the right of a president to keep confidential the communications he has with advisers.
In a sealed order last week, Judge Beryl Howell rejected Trump's claim of executive privilege for Meadows and a number of others, including Trump's former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, his former national security adviser Robert O'Brien, former top aide Stephen Miller, and former deputy chief of staff and social media director Dan Scavino, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Former Trump aides Nick Luna and John McEntee, along with former top DHS official Ken Cuccinelli, were also included in the order, the sources said.
Trump is likely to appeal the ruling, according to sources briefed on the matter.
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Take the 5th and be done with it.
Anything But Correctness must be their motto
WWARD (What Would A RAT Do?) TAKE THE FIFTH!
This is that old commie “judgey” bimbo again.
Won’t there be problems with Trump’s people being unable to give testimony of what may be classified information?
Yep, aside from telling this judge to F**K off, just plead the 5th and walk out.
Judge Beryl Howell
Gosh, her name keeps popping up in decisions unfavorable to Trump. Seems she is comfortable ignoring precedent and embracing political theatre. I smell an Obamite.
She has a resting hatchet face.
I presume that this will be appealed up through the corrupt Roberts court with Ms Junior League and Frat Boy taking the path of least courage.
Where are all those Jan 6th Tucker tapes?
They realized there was lots of violence on there when they actually looked at them.
Is there any case where executive privilege has been allowed in connection with any of Trump’s advisors? If so, I can’t recall it.
who is running this political persecution?
i am losing track
Can’t they edit out those parts?
Take it to the SC. Never surrender.
They delegate that to the FBI Evidence Correction Dept.
“I don’t recall” or take the fifth on everything, including your name.
These people are really stupid.
If the judge and grand jury want to hear Trump’s election gripes, let him and them do so.
Trump and his staffers did nothing illegal.
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