Letitia James condemns ‘the Donald Trump show’ as former president leaves fraud trial
A mystery member of Donald Trump’s family has been accused of withholding information from investigators in the federal criminal case charging the former president over his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
In court documents on Tuesday, Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office said that at least 25 witnesses had “withheld information, communications, and documents” claiming attorney-client privilege.
“These included co-conspirators, former campaign employees, the campaign itself, outside attorneys, a non-attorney intermediary, and even a family member of the defendant,” the filing states.
It is not clear which family member prosecutors are referring to.
This came the same day that Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg took the witness stand in Mr Trump’s New York civil fraud trial. The former president’s longtime finance chief was jailed for around three months earlier this year for tax evasion at the organisation.
He is now named alongside Mr Trump, his adult sons and other executives in the $250m civil case which could result in wiping out the former president’s business empire in New York. Mr Weisselberg was particularly evasive when questioned by prosecutors and was chided by Judge Arthur Engoron.
