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Who are Donald Trump’s lawyers?

Dec 07, 2017 · Catherine Garcia December 7, 2017 During eight hours of testimony to the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, Donald Trump Jr. said he couldn't go into detail on a conversation he had with...

Could Trump's lawyer be charged for Capitol riots?

Dec 07, 2017 · Donald Trump Jr. on Wednesday cited attorney-client privilege to avoid telling lawmakers about a conversation he had with his father, President Donald Trump, after news broke this summer that the ...

Who is Donald Trump’s attorney Matthew Eastman?

Nov 06, 2021 · A former assistant attorney general who aligned himself with former President Donald Trump after he lost the 2020 election has declined to be fully interviewed by a House committee investigating ...

Why are Giuliani and Trump’s lawyers fighting the iCloud warrant?

Dec 09, 2017 · The imbroglio lurched out of cruise and into hedgerow country. Trump Jr. declined to answer, citing attorney-client privilege. Trump had brickbats for the FBI. Mueller had some jujitsu for Manafort.

Who is Trump's attorney general?

Trump's own attorney general, William Barr, had said the Justice Department found no evidence of widespread fraud that could have changed the results.

Who championed Trump's efforts to overturn the election?

Jeffrey Clark, who championed Trump's efforts to overturn the election, presented the committee with a letter saying he would not answer questions based on Trump's assertions of executive privilege, including in an ongoing court case, according to a person familiar with the closed-door meeting who was granted anonymity to discuss it.

Why did Biden waive executive privilege?

President Joe Biden has so far waived executive privilege on nearly all the documents that the committee has asked for, citing the panel's need to investigate the violent attack.

What did Thompson say about the panel?

Thompson said then that the panel "won't be deterred" by any such claims.

What did Thompson write in Clark's subpoena?

Thompson wrote in Clark's subpoena that the committee's probe "has revealed credible evidence that you attempted to involve the Department of Justice in efforts to interrupt the peaceful transfer of power" and his efforts "risked involving the Department of Justice in actions that lacked evidentiary foundation and threatened to subvert the rule of law."

Who was subpoenaed by the committee to appear?

Clark, who was subpoenaed by the committee to appear, would not answer any questions from reporters as he departed.

What is Clark's refusal?

Clark's refusal is just the latest fallout from Trump's attempt to assert executive privilege in a lawsuit he filed against the committee and the National Archives.

Why did the House Republicans slash Mueller?

House Republicans slashed Mueller after revelations that he reassigned a top FBI investigator who sent anti-Trump text messages to a colleague. Mueller's office slashed former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort — revealing his collaboration with someone it said has ties to Russian intelligence.

Who said sanctions against Russia would be ripped up?

Then-national security adviser Flynn texted a onetime business partner gleefully on Inauguration Day and said sanctions against Russia would be "ripped up" early in the new Trump administration. That is according to Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, who cited the account of an anonymous whistleblower.

What does Mueller want to know about Deutsche Bank?

U.S. officials told Reuters that they want to know whether Deutsche Bank has sold any of the debt instruments it owns of Trump's to Russia's state-controlled VEB or other Russian banks. Trump and his aides have said they think the president's business dealings should be off limits for the Mueller squad.

Did Mueller subpoena Trump?

Mueller's office has issued a subpoena for Trump records to German finance giant Deutsche Bank, according to several press reports that quoted bank officials and U.S. officials. No it hasn't, Trump attorneys and the White House said. Deutsche Bank has made no comment beyond telling a German newspaper that it cooperates with all official inquiries.

Did the President's son tell the House Intelligence Committee about the meeting?

The president's eldest son declined to tell House Intelligence Committee members about a discussion he had with his father about the much-discussed meeting in Trump Tower last year with a Russian delegation.

Is Mueller's bias troubling?

"Reports on the bias of some of the career agents and lawyers on current special counsel Mueller's team are also deeply troubling to a system of blind and equal justice," said committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va. "Said investigations must not be tainted by individuals imposing their own personal political opinions."

Who asked the judge to give back the materials that were seized from her in “covert” and “over answer

In a separate letter, a lawyer for Republican attorney Victoria Toensing asked the judge to order the government to give back the materials that were seized from her in “covert” and “overt” searches.

How long did Giuliani's lawyers withhold information?

Giuliani’s lawyers said in their letter that they have “serious concern over the broad and sweeping nature of the searches executed on an attorney’s home and law office, and the covert search and review of the same attorney’s iCloud account in 2019, and then, the failure to give notice to Giuliani and his clients, and withholding information about that search for 18 months .”

Is Giuliani being investigated?

Giuliani is being investigated by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. He headed that federal prosecutors’ office before becoming mayor in 1993.

Who is Rudy Giuliani?

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, personal attorney to U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks about the 2020 U.S. presidential election results during a news conference in Washington, November 19, 2020. Lawyers for Rudy Giuliani cited communications he would have had with then-President Donald Trump in a letter to a judge attacking ...

Who is Toensing's lawyer?

Toensing’s lawyer, Michael Bowe, asks the judge to order the government to return her iPhone 7 as well as her Google and iCloud data, then give her time to process the data and determine which items are privileged before the government reviews it.

Did Rudy Giuliani have a search warrant?

Lawyers for Rudy Giuliani cited communications he would have had with then-President Donald Trump in a new letter attacking the legitimacy of a 2019 federal search warrant for an iCloud account belonging to the former New York City mayor. That search, which until recently was unknown to Giuliani, came two years before the search in late April ...

Who did Richard Cullen work for?

Richard Cullen: The vice president hired outside legal counsel about a month after Trump hired his own private lawyer to deal with the Russia probe. Cullen worked for President George W. Bush during the 2000 Florida recount and has represented GOP Majority Leader Tom Delay as well as Tiger Woods ex-wife, Elin Nordegren, during the couple’s divorce.

Who is Andrew Rafferty?

Andrew Rafferty. Andrew Rafferty has been a political reporter for NBCNews.com since 2013. Rafferty writes and reports on politics for the web, and shoots and produces video for all NBC platforms. Prior to joining NBCNews.com, Rafferty was a campaign reporter covering the 2012 presidential election.