With the legal protections he enjoyed while president fading from view, Trump was reminded again and again that the risks from criminal and civil proceedings are greater than at any time since he step
ped on the golden escalator at Manhattan's Trump Tower in 2015 and declared himself a presidential candidate., sometimes avoiding the worst consequences, the last week graphically illustrated that he now finds himself in serious legal jeopardy. He is widely expected to seek the GOP nomination again in 2024.
"She is basing her potential claims on trying to find a tiny word or phrase during an absolutely PERFECT phone call, concerning widespread Election Fraud in Georgia, with Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and many lawyers and other officials who were knowingly on the line, had no problems with the call, and didn't voice any objections or complaints about anything that I said on the call which could be construed as inappropriate," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
until a court-appointed special master had reviewed more than 11,000 records in question to determine if any were shielded by executive or attorney-client privilege.
But on Tuesday, Judge Raymond Dearie, whom Cannon had installed as special master, threw cold water on that assertion. During his first 40-minute hearing with lawyers for the former president and the government, Dearie repeatedly pressed Trump's legal team on their refusal to present evidence that Trump had indeed declassified any of the material clearly marked as highly sensitive.
“I am announcing today that we are filing a lawsuit against Donald Trump for violating the law as part of his efforts to generate profits for himself, his family and his company,” James said at a Wednesday news conference. “The complaint demonstrates that Donald Trump falsely inflated his net worth by billions of dollars to unjustly enrich himself and to cheat the system, thereby cheating all of us.