Trump lawyers head to D.C. federal court before closed hearing on DOJ contempt request

Lawyers for erstwhile President Donald Trump gathered Friday astatine the national courthouse successful Washington, D.C., earlier a closed proceeding expected to woody with a petition by the Department of Justice to clasp Trump's bureau in contempt of court.

The DOJ wants Judge Beryl Howell to find Trump's bureau successful contempt for its nonaccomplishment to comply with a expansive assemblage subpoena issued successful May demanding the instrumentality of immoderate classified documents inactive successful Trump's possession oregon control, according to a idiosyncratic acquainted with the contented who spoke to NBC News.

Howell is acceptable to clasp a proceeding successful the lawsuit Friday afternoon, which volition beryllium closed to the public. It is sealed due to the fact that it relates to expansive assemblage proceedings.

Trump's lawyers Evan Corcoran, Jim Trusty and Timothy Parlatore were seen arriving separately and past entering Howell's chambers unneurotic astir the clip of the scheduled hearing, NBC reported.

The DOJ is conducting a transgression probe of Trump for his nonaccomplishment to instrumentality authorities documents erstwhile helium near the White House, arsenic good arsenic for obstruction of justice. An August FBI raid of his residence astatine the Mar-a-Lago club successful Palm Beach, Florida, recovered thousands of specified records, much than 100 of which were marked classified oregon highly classified.

Trump past period announced his candidacy for the Republican statesmanlike information successful 2024.