Trump Lawyers Argue Attorney General Cannot Turn Monitor Into Special Counsel

Trump Lawyers Argue Attorney General Cannot Turn Monitor Into Special Counsel
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S., April 2, 2024. Rebecca Cook/Reuters
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Lawyers for President Donald Trump pushed back on New York Attorney General Letitia James’s late request for an expanded monitorship as final judgment has already been entered in the civil fraud case against the former president and his Trump Organization.

In an April 8 letter to the court, they raised what they described as several troubling aspects of the attorney general’s request.