Lawyers for Donald Trump met with top Justice Department officials on Monday to make the case that the former president should not be charged in connection with his possession of classified documents after leaving office, The Washington Post reported.
The meeting included Trump attorneys Jim Trusty, John Rowley and Lindsay Halligan, who spoke with the special counsel Jack Smith other DOJ officials, CBS News reported.
"Special counsel Jack Smith's decision to meet with former President Trump's lawyers suggests that Smith is near a final decision about whether to charge the former president for his handling of classified documents and possible obstruction of the DOJ's investigation into his conduct," Temidayo Aganga-Williams, partner at Selendy Gay Elsberg and former senior investigative counsel for the House Jan. 6 committee, told Salon.
He added that it isn't "atypical" for senior DOJ officials to meet with counsel representing individuals in high-profile, public investigations prior to a final charging decision. Such meetings are also unlikely to change the course of the special counsel's investigation, Aganga-Williams said.
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The meeting came two weeks after the former president's legal team requested to meet with Attorney General Merrick Garland to raise concerns about what they alleged was unfair treatment of Trump over his handling of classified documents compared to other former presidents.
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