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May 23 (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s lawyers on Tuesday asked to meet with US Attorney General Merrick Garland about the work of a special counsel handling two investigations into the former president.
“No President of the United States has ever, in our nation’s history, been impeached in such a violent and unlawful manner,” attorneys John Rowley and James Trusty wrote in a letter posted by Trump on social media.
They requested a meeting with Garland “at your earliest convenience to discuss the continuing injustice being perpetrated by your Special Counsel and his prosecutors.”
Garland appointed Special Counsel Jack Smith in November to oversee the two Trump investigations.
The first investigation looks at attempts to block a peaceful transition of power following Trump’s November 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden.
The second looks at Trump’s retention of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida after leaving office in January 2021, and whether he tried to obstruct the Justice Department’s investigation.
Trump’s lawyers did not specify in the letter which investigation they wanted to discuss.
The letter was not signed by Evan Corcoran, who recused himself from the classified document investigation after a judge forced him to testify before a grand jury about his discussions with Trump about the material. Corcoran is still working with Trump’s legal team on the second investigation.
A spokeswoman for the Justice Department and a spokeswoman for Smith declined to comment on Trump’s lawyers’ request for a meeting with Garland.
Reporting by Michelle Nichols and Sarah N. Lynch; Editing by Robert Birsel
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