Federal prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election have asked witnesses extensive questions about the actions of Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for former president Donald Trump.
and former chief of staff Mark Meadows. Smith has also imposed strict deadlines for responses in what may be a push to reach internal charging decisions this spring, people familiar with the investigations said. Some of the requests for information, including of Corcoran, have triggered closed-door legal battles that could significantly complicate that time frame.
A lawyer for Epshteyn declined to comment. A lawyer for Giuliani did not respond to requests for comment.Corcoran, who handled the Trump team’s responses to government requests to retrieve sensitive government documents from Mar-a-Lago last spring, appeared before the grand jury in January, according to two people familiar with the investigation.
Corcoran was also asked in front of the grand jury whether he spoke with Trump about missing documents or the search he conducted in response to the subpoena, the person familiar with his testimony said. But he repeatedly declined to provide information, asserting Trump’s right to have conversations with his attorney remain private, the person said.
Barring unseen complexities, litigation regarding Corcoran’s testimony could be resolved in two to three months, Michael Luttig, the retired judge who advised Pence in the lead-up to Jan. 6 and testified before the select committee, wrotethat he believes federal courts will move quickly. “There are relatively few circumstances in which a former vice president would be entitled to constitutional protection for his conversations related to his ceremonial and ministerial roles of presiding over the electoral vote count,” Luttig wrote.
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