Dan Scavino, Trump’s former deputy chief of staff, also recently received a subpoena, according to a source familiar with the matter. Scavino did not respond to a request for comment. In all, more than 30 people with ties to Trump have received subpoenas in recent days, according to two sources familiar with the subpoena’s targets. The subpoenas ask for documents and in some cases testimony before a grand jury in Washington, DC. The flurry of subpoenas and other investigative activity came in the days just before the Justice Department began its standard pre-election quiet period, a 60-day period before midterm elections during which the department generally seeks to avoid overt investigative action on politically sensitive matters. investigations avoid the appearance of trying to influence the election. Some of the subpoenas, including one reviewed by CNN, were wide-ranging, seeking information on a range of issues, including the fraudulent election plan, Trump’s main fundraiser and political arm, Save America PAC, the Trump rally organizer on January 6. , and any communication with a broad list of individuals who worked to subvert the 2020 election results. The subpoena reviewed by CNN seeks records related to compensation given or received by a list of people that included lawyers and Trump campaign officials through Jan. 20, 2021. He also requests contact with anyone at the Department of Justice. As CNN has previously reported, investigators are looking into former Justice Department attorney Jeffrey Clarke’s role in promoting false allegations of voter fraud on Trump’s behalf. The subpoenas seek contact with some of the same players previously identified in subpoenas given to fraudulent voters in various states earlier this year, including former Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Victoria Tonsing, and Boris Epstein, an adviser to the Trump campaign in 2020, among others. Some of the subpoenas also sought any information the recipients previously turned over to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol. Bernard Kerik, a former New York police commissioner who worked with Giuliani to find evidence of voter fraud in the weeks after the 2020 election, has also been subpoenaed for documents and depositions, his lawyer confirmed to CNN. “I’ve seen a lot of subpoenas. This one seems very different because there’s no direction,” said Kerik’s attorney, Timothy Parlatore. “It’s usually very targeted.” Brian Jack, the last White House political director under Trump, was also invited, according to a familiar source. Jack did not respond to a request for comment. Women for America First president Amy Cramer, who hosted Trump’s rally outside the White House, said in a tweet over the weekend that her group had also been sent a broad subpoena. Her lawyer said the same publicly. This story has been updated with additional details.
