The investigation team will take evidence from former President Donald Trump as part of the investigation into attempts to subvert the 2020 US presidential election. The Washington Post reported that witnesses had previously taken statements about conversations with Trump’s lawyers and close advisers.
The federal investigation is part of the United States Department of Justice’s criminal investigation into the January 6 riots. Former Vice President Mike Pence’s former chief of staff, Mark Short, and his attorney, Greg Jacobs, appeared before a grand jury in Washington, D.C., and were on the witness stand.
Justice Department lawyers are investigating meetings Trump led in December 2020 and January 2021, his pressure campaign to use henchmen to rig the election, and his instructions to lawyers and advisers about voter fraud.
The first phase of the investigation involves treasonous conspiracy and conspiracy to obstruct government proceedings. The second phase of investigation will also include fraud case related to fake electors. Sources say some of the questioning focused on Trump’s direct role in the fraudulent election scheme led by Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman.
