Trump’s legal team has invoked executive and attorney-client privileges to prevent his former aides and lawyers from appearing as witnesses in a criminal probe into the January 2021 storming of the US Capitol, the report said.
The legal fight is under seal and there is no public record of the court proceedings, according to the Democrat-leaning broadcaster. It reportedly came to light after Trump’s former White House adviser and lawyer Eric Herschmann received a grand jury subpoena. His testimony has been delayed.
1 September 2022, 16:43 GMT
People familiar with the matter told CNN that Herschmann had been instructed by Trump’s lawyers not to share information. Other aides were able to testify before the grand jury in recent weeks after negotiating specific subjects they would decline to talk about.