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BREAKING: US DOJ issues 40 subpoenas and seizes phones of two Trump administration officials as part of investigation into his attempt to overturn 2020 election and January 6 Capitol riot
- 40 subpoenas have been issued by the Justice Department that are seeking information about the actions of former President Trump and his associates
- Subpoenas in relation to the 2020 election and January 6 attack on the Capitol
- Boris Epshteyn and Mike Roman who were both Trump advisers have had their phones seized
- Dan Scavino, Trump’s former social media director was also approached by DOJ
- Bernard Kerik, a former NYPD commissioner who went around promoting baseless claims of voter fraud was also subpoenaed by prosecutors
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40 subpoenas have been issued by the Justice Department that are seeking information about the actions of former President Donald J. Trump and his associates in relation to the 2020 election and January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Boris Epshteyn and Mike Roman who were both Trump advisers have had their phones seized as evidence reports the New York Times.
The action represents something of an escalation in the investigation coming just two months before the Midterm elections, following several months of relative calm.
The January 6 investigation coincides with a separate investigation into Trump’s storing of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago home.
Donald Trump advisor Boris Epshteyn arrives at Trump Tower in Manhattan in 2016, left, Mike Roman, who was a Trump campaign strategist, has had his cellphone seized
Boris Epshteyn, seen right, was an advisor for President Donald Trumps 2020 presidential campaign. He has had his phone seized by the DOJ
40 subpoenas have been issued by the Justice Department that are seeking information about the actions of former President Donald J. Trump and his associates in relation to the 2020 election and January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol
Other names the DOJ has been in contact with who are close to the former president include Dan Scavino, Trump’s former social media director.
Scavino began working for Trump at one of his golf courses and rose to become one of his most loyal aides. He continues to remain an advisor for Trump.
The Times reports how the Justice Department executed search warrants in order to seize electronic devices from people involved in the ‘fake electors effort’ living in swing states, including Epshteyn and Roman, who was a Trump campaign strategist.
Federal agents seized the electronic devices from the pair of advisers last week.
Bernard Kerik, who was a former New York City police commissioner who went around promoting baseless claims of voter fraud alongside his friend former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, was also subpoenaed by prosecutors with the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington.
Other names the DOJ has been in contact with who are close to the former president include Dan Scavino, Trump’s former social media director, pictured here last week at a Trump rally
Bernard Kerik, who was a former New York City police commissioner was also subpoenaed by prosecutors with the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington
This is a developing story with further details to come…