Biden, DOJ won't assert privilege in Trump deposition in lawsuit brought by fired FBI official | CNN Politics

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The Justice Department has said that neither it nor the Biden White House would assert certain privileges in depositions of former President Trump and FBI Director Christopher Wray that have been ordered in a lawsuit brought by an ex-FBI official

The new filing from the Justice Department in the lawsuit brought by former FBI official Peter Strzok is the latest example of the Biden administration having to weigh the protections of the presidency against the extraordinary legal cases related to President Joe Biden’s predecessor. Strzok’s lawsuit alleges that Trump’s political agenda prompted his firing and that the Justice Department broke the law in publicly releasing texts he had exchanged with former FBI lawyer Lisa Page.

Jackson’s ruling, which she issued after a sealed hearing in February, also said the depositions must be limited to less than two hours and that they must focus on a narrow set of issues in the case. When the Justice Department was seeking to quash the subpoenas, it had indicated that the presidential communications privilege could limit what questions Wray could answer about his communications with Trump concerning the matters in dispute in the lawsuit.

 

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