OA690: Jack Smith Speaks Softly but Carries a Big Subpoena
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🗓️ 13 February 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, Liz and Andrew break down all the developments in the two federal criminal investigations pending about former President Donald Trump that have been delegated to Special Counsel Jack Smith.
First, in the documents case, Liz and Andrew discuss why -- all of a sudden -- Trump's team seems to be voluntarily turning over documents, along with a grand jury appearance by Trump's lawyer, Evan "the Cork" Corcoran. Is this normal? (No.)
Then, Andrew and Liz break down the bombshell news that Mike Pence has been subpoenaed to appear before Smith's grand jury, presumably to discuss 1/6-related issues. Liz brings her journalistic instincts to bear and Andrew tells us all about that other executive privilege case involving a certain former President who also definitely was not a crook.
Notes
CNN Trump handover of docs
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/10/politics/trump-classified-records-laptop/index.html
18 USC § 793
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/793
Washington Post on Judge Howell
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/12/08/trump-contempt-mar-a-lago-records/
Trump Subpoena Issued
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/12/trump-was-issued-subpoena-for-folder-marked-classified-evening-briefing-discovered-at-mar-a-lago
OA13
https://openargs.com/oa13-hillary-clintons-damned-emails/
NYT Article on Pence Search
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/us/politics/pence-fbi-home-search.html
Bloomberg article on Evan the Cork testifying
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-11/trump-lawyer-in-mar-a-lago-search-appeared-before-grand-jury
Washington post on Trump’s hiring of Evan the Cork
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/23/trump-records-mar-a-lago-fbi/
Order appointing Jack Smith - Appointment Order 5599-2022
https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1552896/download
Pence subpoenaed
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/us/politics/pence-subpoena-trump.html
US v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5132513257326080850
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