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Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, now overseeing the federal criminal investigations involving Donald Trump, has issued a series of subpoenas in recent days to local officials seeking communications with the former president, his campaign and advisers.
Officials in Wisconsin, Michigan and Arizona confirmed Tuesday that subpoenas had been received by county authorities, the first known requests issued by the special counsel since his appointment last month to manage dual investigations into efforts to subvert the 2020 election and Trump’s handling of government documents seized from his Florida estate.
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Scott McDonell, the clerk of Dane County, Wisconsin, said he received a document request Dec. 1, seeking any communications from a list of 19 people, including a number of Trump attorneys, from June 1, 2020, through Jan. 20, 2021.
McDonell said Tuesday that he is responding to Smith’s request with copies of a small number of contacts with Trump attorney James Troupis, who had communicated with the clerk during the 2020 Wisconsin recount.
