Trump Seeks To Quash Subpoena From New York AG

February 1, 2022 Republicans, Trump Lies

The Wall Street Journal reports:

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and two of his adult children argued Tuesday that the New York state attorney general’s office had targeted them unfairly in its civil-fraud investigation and subpoenaed information that could be improperly used in a separate criminal probe.

The arguments came in a dispute over subpoenas New York Attorney General Letitia James issued to Mr. Trump, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. , that seek their testimony and the former president’s personal and business documents for a civil-fraud investigation into Mr. Trump and his company.

Lawyers for the Trumps have asked a New York state judge to block the subpoenas or put them on hold until a parallel criminal investigation conducted by the Manhattan district attorney’s office has concluded.

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Trump says NY AG Letitia James’ probe is just politics as he seeks to squash subpoenas https://t.co/ejwCSp7PxW pic.twitter.com/3EP0YcEs1x

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