The Justice Division has issued about 40 subpoenas within the final week associated to the actions of former President Donald Trump, his allies and efforts to overturn the 2020 election, in accordance with sources acquainted with the matter.
It additionally seized two telephones, the sources stated.
The subpoenas and telephone seizures, first reported by The New York Occasions, are the newest developments within the sprawling investigation into the previous president.
A supply who spoke to Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn stated his telephone was taken final week.
The Home committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot subpoenaed Epshteyn and three different Trump associates — Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, and Sidney Powell — in January.
Former New York Metropolis Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik’s lawyer confirmed to NBC Information that he had obtained a subpoena final week.
Kerik’s legal professional, Timothy Parlatore, referred to as it “the widest and most obtuse subpoena I’ve seen in my years training prison regulation.”
Parlatore stated that he additionally represents Trump within the investigation.
The Justice Division declined to remark Monday evening.
Individually, the division is engaged in a authorized battle with Trump and his counsel over paperwork retrieved throughout an FBI search of the previous president’s Florida property on Aug. 8.
Trump attorneys on Monday requested a decide to proceed blocking the Justice Division from reviewing these paperwork, a few of which contained classification markings.
Jonathan Dienst and Marc Caputo contributed.
