WASHINGTON — The day after Donald Trump effectively gave up his court fight over government documents seized by the FBI from his Mar-a-Lago home, his lawyers were in a Washington courthouse amid reports the Justice Department has asked for the former president to be held in contempt in connection with the records probe.
None of the attorneys — Evan Corcoran, Jim Trusty and Tim Parlatore — would say why they were in court Friday. Corcoran, Trusty and Parlatore met up in the courthouse cafeteria before the lawyers walked up to an office suite where U.S. District Chief Judge Beryl Howell has her chambers shortly before 2 p.m. and were let in. That area is not open to the public.
An hour and a half later, the trio was spotted leaving the courthouse by a CBS camera operator; the attorneys did not exit via the public hallway where reporters were waiting and didn’t make a statement outside. It was not immediately clear if a government lawyer was part of the proceeding. Justice Department spokesperson Myron Marlin declined to comment.
