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donald trumpLawyers for the White House have requested a meeting with Attorney General Merrick Garland to discuss the special counsel’s office investigation.
In a letter sent to Garland on Tuesday, the former president’s attorneys, John Rowley and James Tosti, wrote: “We request a meeting at your earliest convenience to discuss the crimes being committed by your special counsel and his prosecutors. injustice.”
“Never in the history of our country has an American president been investigated in such an outrageous and unwarranted manner,” they claimed.
trump post this letter on his social media platform, Truth Social.
The Justice Department declined to comment to CNN on the letter.
As CNN previously reported, Special Counsel Jack Smith appears to be in the final stages of his investigation into Trump’s possible mishandling of classified documents and obstruction of the 2020 election.
this recent series of activities As recently as Tuesday, a string of events for Smith’s team included grand jury appearances and events.On Wednesday, Smith will receive A collection of documents from the National Archives This shows that Trump and his top advisers understood the proper declassification process during his presidency.
Trump’s ex-lawyer Tim Palatore told CNN over the weekend “At this point, they’ve turned every stone, interviewed every witness, and now they just have to write a report to Merrick Garland saying that’s all we’ve done.”
Whether Smith interviewed Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows, a potential key witness, remains to be seen, and it’s unclear when Smith will unveil his investigation in his final report to Garland results or a decision on any charge.