in World News CONFIRMED: White House Communicated With Fulton County DA’s Office About Trump Case
by Matt Margolis
After previously refusing to provide information to the court, the Fulton County District Attorney’s office admitted during a hearing on Thursday that the Biden White House did communicate with it as it built its case to prosecute Donald Trump.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee indicated during the hearing that he’s open to allowing Trump “co-conspirator” Jeffrey B. Clark access to records that could potentially reveal collusion between Fulton County prosecutors and the Biden White House.
Inside the courtroom, Harry MacDougald, an attorney for former Department of Justice official Jeff Clark, argued a motion seeking to obtain correspondence between Willis’ office and the Department of Justice as well as President Joe Biden’s White House.
“As indicated I’ll take a second pass as to how these two issues fit into Brady,” Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee said, referring to the law that requires the government to disclose potentially exculpatory material in its possession. “And on the second issue we’ll start with an in camera review,” McAfee continued, indicating he wanted to review that correspondence in his chambers with the attorneys, adding “if you can have that to me, if you can compile it, and I will review it, and I will issue an order accordingly.”
During the arguments, Fulton County prosecutor Alex Bernick disclosed that there were previously undisclosed written communications between the White House and DA’s office related to the logistics of calling federal officials to testify, which for the Department of Justice is referred to as Touhy clearance.
“We did get a letter from the White House counsel’s office, your honor,” Bernick said. “It was about logistics and procedures… two written letters, your honor, about procedures, about how we interviewed, whether those Touhy type process with former or current White House officials.”