The Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) has been ordered to turn over any communications related to former president Donald Trump’s prosecution.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, who is leading the investigation, suspects that the DOJ and other state agencies are coordinating with each other to bring charges against President Trump.
In an FOIA request filed on Thursday, he demanded communications between the DOJ, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, New York Attorney General Letitia James, Fulton County DA Fani Willis and Special Counsel Jack Smith related to the investigation or prosecution of Trump.
The investigations and subsequent prosecutions of former President Donald J.
Trump appear to have been conducted in coordination with the United States Department of Justice,” said Bailey.
He argued that this coordination is demonstrated by the move of Matt Colangelo, the third-highest ranking member of the DOJ, to the Manhattan DA’s office to help prosecute the criminal case against Trump, N.Y.
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