Don, the insurrectionist president is in trouble.
NAIL HIM: Merrick Garland goes to war against Trump
After first addressing the more immediate threat of Trump stealing classified documents, Attorney General Merrick Garland has now shifted his attention to piercing the “executive privilege” veil in order to plug some of the holes left after the January 6 Committee hearings.
It’s been reported that the AG has secured testimony from two key figures surrounding former VP Mike Pence: his attorney, Greg Jacob, who was in “the room that it happens” for much of what occurred and has criticized the nonsensical legal concoctions of John Eastman, and Marc Short, Pence’s chief of staff.
As NY Magazine first reported, their testimonies are currently under seal by the D.C. District Court. An attempt by Trump’s attorneys to seek relief from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals was summarily rejected. Now Justice is coming for WH Counsel Pat Cipollone and his deputy, Patrick Philbin, who defended Trump during his 2020 impeachment trial.
The decision as to whether to force them to testify rests with Chief Judge Beryl Howell, who has not been very receptive to arguments from the insurrectionist president’s attorneys before.
Garland has also been ramping up his staff, bringing on David Raskin and David Rody, the former a federal prosecutor with national security credentials, the latter known to work as a conduit with deal-cutters who have decided to cooperate.
