Judge orders testimony from several top Trump aides in Jan. 6 inquiry.
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A federal judge has ruled that former officials from President Donald J. Trump’s administration, including his former chief of staff Mark Meadows, cannot invoke executive privilege to avoid testifying to a grand jury investigating Mr. Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The ruling paves the way for the former White House officials to answer questions from federal prosecutors. Separately, a Trump lawyer appeared before a grand jury looking into the former president’s handling of classified documents.
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