Trump's Secret Court Fight to Block a Grand Jury

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Trump’s Secret Court Fight to Block a Grand Jury

September 23, 2022 at 12:49 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 50 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/09/23/trumps-secret-court-fight-to-block-a-grand-jury/

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Donald Trump’s attorneys “are fighting a secret court battle to block a federal grand jury from gathering information from an expanding circle of close Trump aides about his efforts to overturn the 2020 election,” CNN reports.

“The high-stakes legal dispute – which included the appearance of three attorneys representing Trump at the Washington, DC, federal courthouse on Thursday afternoon – is the most aggressive step taken by the former President to assert executive and attorney-client privileges in order to prevent some witnesses from sharing information in the criminal investigation events surrounding January 6, 2021.”

“The court fight over privilege, which has not been previously reported and is under seal, is a turning point for Trump’s post-presidency legal woes.”

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[Bev54]

1. Why is this not been fought in open court? Whatever happened to transparency?

[Qutzupalotl]

2. All grand jury activity is supposed to be secret

and only made public if there's an indictment. That's to protect the innocent and the fairness of deliberations.

[Bev54]

5. It says it is a court fight to prevent the grand jury testimony. I understand that the grand jury

itself is secret but if it is a court battle about privilege, should it not be public?

[mn9driver]

3. Illegal activity isn't shielded by executive privilege.

Attorney/client privilege, yes. Executive privilege, nope, nope, nope.

[live love laugh]

4. Under seal? Why?