In front of Donald J. Trump visiting the driving range, meeting with fans and watching the second round of LIV Golf Washington DC 2023 at Trump National Golf Club Washington DC in Sterling, Virginia, USA May 27, 2023 president.
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lawyer donald trump On Monday morning, I met with Special Counsel Jack Smith and others. Department of Justice officials, the day after the former president complained about the speculation that Smith is approaching to ask for prosecution his.
After CBS News tweeted a photo of three lawyers entering the building, NBC News confirmed that a lawyer for President Trump met with the officials Monday at Justice Department headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Attorneys John Lowry, James Trusty and Lindsey Harrigan left the Justice Department just before noon ET but declined to comment, NBC reported.
Shortly after the meeting ended, President Trump posted the following: Message in all caps On his Truth Social account, he wrote, “If no other president has been indicted, how can the Justice Department indict me for doing nothing wrong?”
According to NBC, neither Attorney General Merrick Garland nor Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco attended the meeting.
A spokeswoman for the special counsel’s office declined to comment.
Lawyer for former US President Donald Trump. James Trusty, Lindsay Harrigan and John Lawrie are leaving the U.S. Department of Justice after meeting with Justice Department officials over Trump’s classified Mar-a-Lago case. Merrick Garland, Washington, USA, June 5, 2023, after Trump’s attorney sent a letter to the Justice Department last month requesting a meeting with the Attorney General.
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Smith is investigating Trump in two separate cases.
One is that when President Trump left the White House, he kept government documents, many of which were classified, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, and that the National Archives and Records Administration filed a copy of the documents. It concerns the possibility of obstruction of justice to prevent recovery. .
NBC reported Saturday that a federal grand jury hearing evidence in the case is expected to resume hearings in Washington this week.
In a social media post on Sunday, President Trump said, “Reports say the Marxist Special Counsel, the Department of Justice, and the FBI have been accused of everything they have done over the past seven years, including spying on my campaign. Nevertheless, they want to prosecute me for the BOXES hoax.” . “
Another Smith investigation focused on efforts by Trump and his allies, including campaign lawyers, to reverse his 2020 presidential defeat. Joe Bidenand effectively block confirmation of Biden’s victory in the Electoral College by the joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021.
Trump, who is targeting the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is also under criminal investigation by Atlanta prosecutors for trying to reverse Biden’s victory for Georgia officials in 2020. Georgia was one of the battleground states Biden won, securing his Electoral College victory.
Trump was indicted by a grand jury in New York City in March for falsifying business records related to hush money paid by then-lawyer Michael Cohen to a porn star just before the 2016 presidential election.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to the case, which is scheduled for trial during the presidential primary election next March.
He is the only U.S. president, former president or otherwise, ever to face criminal charges.
– CNBC Kevin Breuninger contributed to this report.
