The special counsel's office has declined to comment on the allegation.Ī new ad released today by the Trump campaign previews the former president’s political response to any possible additional criminal indictments, painting prosecutors, including special counsel Jack Smith, as “wolves” working to distract the country from President Joe Biden's problems. Parlatore said the prosecutor asked him in front of the panel why Trump wasn't waiving that privilege, which he said was “completely improper.” He said he'd refused to do so on the grounds of attorney-client privilege. He said then that prosecutors had tried to bar him from discussing his attempts to include the FBI in the search and that they had improperly pressed him for information about his conversations with Trump. In March, he told N BC News that prosecutors had committed misconduct when they questioned him when he appeared before the grand jury to testify about his efforts to make sure Trump had no more government documents. Parlatore has complained about prosecutors' conduct before. "Prosecutorial misconduct is a big issue that’s infecting this case," Parlatore said. Parlatore said that the defense team's plan might have evolved since he left two weeks ago but that lawyers planned to file motions to dismiss any criminal charges because of alleged misconduct. Please click here for the latest updates.įormer Trump lawyer Timothy Parlatore told CBS News that the former president's team has a defense plan should an indictment come down that includes alleging prosecutors committed misconduct in their investigation. Trump has denied any wrongdoing.Ĭoverage on this live blog has ended. Trump's handling of classified documents came under FBI investigation last year when the National Archives alerted it that government documents he had returned after having been out of office for about a year included 184 that were marked as classified.It has also heard testimony from witnesses but appeared to take a hiatus the last few weeks.
The Florida grand jury is separate from a panel that was convened in Washington, D.C.Trump's lawyers were told in a meeting with Smith that the former president is a target of the investigation, according to two sources briefed on the meeting.A federal grand jury in Florida is meeting in special counsel Jack Smith's investigation of former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents, according to sources familiar with the investigation.The latest news in the investigation of Donald Trump's handling of classified documents
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