Trump Not Obligated to Appear Before Grand Jury: Attorney John Lauro
Former President Donald Trump is not obliged to appear before a grand jury in connection with the special counsel investigation of the 2020 presidential election, attorney John Lauro said on July 21.
“There’s no need to appear in front of any grand jury right now. President Trump did absolutely nothing wrong,” Mr. Lauro, who is representing Mr. Trump in the special counsel probe, told Fox News.
Mr. Lauro said the special prosecutor, whom he said served as part of the “Biden Justice Department,” is targeting the Republican front-runner amid a heated presidential election campaign.
“For the first time in our history, a sitting president is using the Department of Justice to go after a political opponent criminally while that political opponent is leading in the polls,” he told the news outlet….