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Kushner, Hicks among former Trump White House officials who met with Jan. 6 grand jury: Sources

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Multiple former Trump White House officials have testified before a grand jury in the special counsel’s probe into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, sources say. Multiple former senior Trump White House officials have testified before a federal grand jury in the special counsel's investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and efforts to overturn the 2020 election, sources tell ABC News. Among the group that has testified are former President Donald Trump's son-in-law and former White House senior advisor Jared Kushner and former top Trump aide Hope Hicks. Former White House Communications Director Alyssa Farah Griffin also met with prosecutors, sources told ABC News. Griffin is currently a cohost with ABC's The View. MORE: As Trump faces charges in docs case, special counsel is quietly continuing Jan. 6 probe The news was first reported by the New York Times. According to sources, federal prosecutors asked the former White House officials to speak to the ...

Judge mulls release of report by grand jury probing efforts to overturn 2020 election in Georgia

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A judge in Georgia is hearing arguments regarding whether to publicly release the report by the grand jury probing efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. A Fulton County, Georgia, judge is hearing arguments Tuesday regarding whether or not to publicly release the long-anticipated report submitted recently by the special grand jury investigating efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election . The special grand jury submitted its confidential final report earlier this month, according to court records, after probing the matter for months. MORE: Fulton County grand jury submits final report on Trump's alleged interference in 2020 election Though the grand jury does not have the ability to return an indictment, it can make recommendations concerning criminal prosecution. Another grand jury would bring any possible charges, should they be recommended. The central question regarding the report : Did the grand j...

Special counsel subpoenas, grand jury appearances mount for Trump allies

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Within the last month, multiple associates of former President Trump received new wide-ranging subpoenas from Special Counsel Jack Smith, ABC News has learned. Within the last month, multiple associates of former President Donald Trump received new wide-ranging subpoenas from Special Counsel Jack Smith requesting documents and records far more expansive than the previous outreaches these individuals received from the Department of Justice before Smith's appointment, ABC News has learned. The subpoenas, which were described to ABC News by sources who received them, include questions about fundraising efforts and talking points leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The special counsel is also requesting information on how individuals are paying for any legal representation, either by themselves or via an outside party -- something that came into question when a former aide to Mark Meadows, Cassidy Hutchinson, told the House Jan. 6 committee that she changed attorneys...