The former president’s executive privilege claims have repeatedly failed in cases involving former aides—and Mike Pence has indicated he will comply with a subpoena about the leadup to January 6.
in the case, which centers on payments made to former fixer Michael Cohen after he made a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in the final days of the 2016 presidential campaign, in an alleged attempt to keep her from publicly disclosing an affair she claimed to have with Trump years earlier—which he has denied. State prosecutors in New York argue the payments to Cohen for so-called legal services actually served as reimbursement for the alleged hush money payment to Daniels.
Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith is overseeing the two federal criminal probes involving Trump—related to January 6 and whether he knowingly brought classified records to Mar-A-Lago after leaving the White House—while Trump also faces a criminal probe in Georgia for his effort to overturn the 2020 election results, criminal investigations in New York for allegedly lying about property valuations and a $250 million civil lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James for...
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