According to a report from The New York Post, former President and 2024 GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s lawyer attempted to settle the classified documents case last year, but Trump was determined to fight the charges.
Trump lawyer Christopher Kise wanted to “take the temperature down.”
From The New York Post:
Christopher Kise, one of Trump’s attorneys in the fall of 2022, wanted to quietly approach the Justice Department to negotiate a deal with Attorney General Merrick Garland, The Washington Post reported, citing seven insiders.
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But Trump rebuffed Kise and listened instead to the advice of Tom Fitton, head of the conservative group Judicial Watch, who told him he should fight to keep the documents, according to the paper.
Kise never approached prosecutors to pursue his plan, three people briefed on the matter told the outlet.
A special prosecutor, Jack Smith, was appointed a few months later – leading to Trump’s federal indictment Tuesday on 37 felony counts over his alleged mishandling and concealment of national security information.
Trump plead ‘Not Guilty’ to the 37 counts earlier this week in Miami.
“President Trump has consistently been in full compliance with the Presidential Records Act, which is the only law that applies to Presidents and their records,” Trump’s presidential campaign Steven Cheung told the paper in a statement.
“In the course of negotiations over the return of the documents, President Trump told the lead DOJ official, ‘anything you need from us, just let us know.’ Sadly, the weaponized DOJ rejected this offer of cooperation and conducted an unnecessary and unconstitutional raid on the President’s home in order to inflict maximum political damage on the leading presidential candidate,” he added.
More over at The New York Post:
Trump rejected lawyers’ efforts to settle classified docs case: report https://t.co/CEOkDSHios pic.twitter.com/exQlE9fvOy
— New York Post (@nypost) June 15, 2023
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