Mueller Team And Attorneys For Roger Stone Aide Meet In Sealed DC Courtroom
By Tierney Sneed | July 18, 2018 11:36 am
Lawyers for Andrew Miller, a former Roger Stone aide who is fighting a grand jury subpoena in special counsel Robert Muellers probe, as well as at least five attorneys from Muellers team spent nearly an hour and a half Wednesday in the D.C. courtroom of Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell.
The two defense attorneys, when exiting the courtroom at a little before 11 a.m. ET, confirmed they were representing Miller but would not say anything more about what happened behind closed doors or why they were there.
They had entered Howells courtroom around 9:30 a.m. ET, a few minutes after a handful of Mueller prosecutors entered the courtroom. Reporters were not allowed to enter the closed courtroom. Among the members of Muellers team TPM spotted were Michael Dreeben, Elizabeth Prelogar and Adam Jed.
Millers attorneys had last month sought to quash the subpoena, Politico reported. His appearance in front of Muellers grand jury was postponed, according to the Politico report, with lawyers from Muellers team offering Millers attorneys potential dates for hearings in front of Howell. One hearing would be on whether Millers motion to squash was timely, according to Politico, and the other on its merits.
It is not clear whether Wednesdays closed-door proceeding was either of those hearings, or about something else.
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