Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are expected to fight the special counsel's subpoena of former Vice President Mike Pence on executive privilege grounds, according to a source familiar with the Trump legal team’s discussions.
Pence has been subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith, a source familiar with the matter told NBC News Thursday.
Smith was appointed in November by Attorney General Merrick Garland to lead the Justice Department’s inquiries into Trump’s role in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, as well as his handling of classified documents after he left office. The subpoena is related to the Jan. 6 investigation, the source said.
The Trump campaign has not responded to a request for comment, and various Trump world attorneys declined to comment.
CBS News first reported that Trump's lawyers planned to fight the subpoena.
In December, NBC News reported that Smith had subpoenaed local officials in key presidential swing states for all communications involving Trump, his campaign and a series of aides and allies who assisted in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Smith's move indicated that he was looking into a scheme that involved Trump's fake electors, a slate of individuals who signed documents asserting they were their states’ rightful electors and making false claims that Trump was the victor in those states.
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