Justice Department investigators have interviewed Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson as part of their investigation into Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Ms Benson’s meeting with prosecutors working for special counsel Jack Smith took place last month and lasted for “several hours”, a source told CNN on Wednesday.
Michigan was one of the crucial battleground states targeted by the former president and his allies as he tried to overturn Joe Biden’s legal victory.
This comes as Mr Trump’s legal troubles are heating up with a grand jury sworn in Tuesday in Atlanta, Georgia, as part of the investigation into his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been investigating Mr Trump after he called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in early 2021 and urged him to “find 11,780 votes”.
Meanwhile, rival Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie spoke out about the criminal case around Mr Trump’s handling of classified documents.
Mr Christie told CNN he thinks Mr Trump’s “fantasy situation” is that the trial is delayed until after the 2024 election, he is elected president and then manages to block the investigation.
