DOJ Expands Trump Investigation

The Department of Justice issued 40 subpoenas and seized phones of Trump's former staff in a growing investigation of the January 6 Insurrection.

Trump's legal problems keeping getting worse. Recent actions by the DOJ show a larger than expected criminal investigation of Trump's failed coup to overturn the 2020 election. The National Archives is unsure if Trump is still withholding national documents, and now the Senate Judiciary Committee has launched a probe into reports that Trump pressured federal prosecutors to investigate his political opponents.

Trump’s mob at the Capitol on Jan 6 2021. (Jason Andrew for The New York Times)

Justice Dept. Issues 40 Subpoenas in a Week, Expanding Its Jan. 6 Inquiry, New York Times | 9/12/2022

By Glenn Thrush, Maggie Haberman, Adam Goldman and Alan Feuer

The seizure of phones and subpoenas of Trump's staff is a major expansion of the DOJ investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

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Video: Former SDNY U.S. Attorney Slams Trump, Barr For Weaponizing DOJ Against Political Opponents, MSNBC | 9/13/2022

Geoffrey Berman exposes how former President Trump and William Barr weaponized the DOJ to attack Trump's political opponents.

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