Year-long investigation targets alleged conspiracy against Trump
The U.S. Justice Department is issuing new grand jury subpoenas in a Florida-based investigation that aims to establish an alleged conspiracy against President Donald Trump by members of the U.S. intelligence community, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.
The subpoenas are directed at former government officials and represent an escalation in the year-long investigation, the people said.
The Justice Department is pursuing a loosely defined theory that intelligence community members who scrutinized Trump over the last decade — including over Russian interference in the 2016 election — conspired against him and violated his rights, according to the people familiar with the matter.
In recent days, investigators contacted some defense lawyers for witnesses to advise them of forthcoming grand jury subpoenas, the people said.
It was not clear as of Tuesday how many subpoenas had been issued or remained pending, the people familiar with the matter said. The identities of the witnesses receiving subpoenas were also not immediately clear.
The people who confirmed the subpoenas spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a secretive grand jury investigation.