Prosecutor connected to Jan. 6 probe takes on lawyer for tech companies in mystery appeals court fight
The precise nature of the litigation is unclear. However, docket entries connected to the case suggest it has been ongoing for months, one of a growing list of secret battles Smith has waged to secure testimony and documents in his probes of Donald Trump. Smith has won similar fights to secure testimony from key members of Trump’s inner circle, including former vice president Mike Pence, former chief of staff Mark Meadows and Trump social media manager Dan Scavino.
But the nature of the secretive fight against Holtzblatt and his client has been difficult to pinpoint, identifiable only by a series