Special Counsel Subpoenas Dozens of Mar-a-Lago Staffers: CNN

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Special counsel Jack Smith subpoenaed dozens of Mar-a-Lago employees, CNN reported. It marks an aggressive new phase in Smith’s extensive investigation of Trump classified docs. A source told CNN that Smith intentionally cast a wide net. Loading Something is loading.

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The special counsel overseeing the DOJ’s inquiries into former President Donald Trump has subpoenaed dozens of Mar-a-Lago staffers as part of a criminal investigation into Trump’s handling of national security information, it has been reported. of CNN.

At least two dozen staffers at Trump’s Florida golf club have been subpoenaed, and one of Trump’s communications aides appeared before a grand jury on Thursday, the report said.

The subpoenas mark an aggressive new phase in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s sweeping investigation into whether Trump broke the law when he improperly moved hundreds of pages of government documents from the White House to Mar-a- Lago when he left the office.

CNN cited a source as saying that Smith’s office is casting an intentionally wide net in its inquiry into classified documents. Its purpose in subpoenaing Mar-a-Lago staff — from servers to those in Trump’s inner circle — is to gauge what anyone may have seen or heard while working at the former president’s club in months after he left office.

Smith’s move to subpoena Mar-a-Lago employees comes as the Manhattan district attorney’s office moves closer to filing charges against Trump, an unprecedented move that would put Trump in a position to run a 2024 presidential campaign while he is a criminal defendant.

The Insider reached out to Trump’s defense attorney for comment Thursday.

This story is developing. Check back for updates.

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