OA700: Rumors Of Trump’s Testimony In Strzok Suit May Be Greatly Exaggerated

You may have seen the news accounts that a court ordered Donald Trump (and FBI director Chris Wray) to be deposed in connection with a lawsuit. Well, today, Liz and Andrew break down the DOJ’s ongoing battle with Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. Why is the government still fighting this? Will they really get to depose Trump? Listen and find out!

Notes
5 U.S.C. 552a
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/552a

Lisa Page’s story to Molly Jong-Fast
https://www.thedailybeast.com/lisa-page-speaks-theres-no-fathomable-way-i-have-committed-any-crime-at-all

Hatch Act
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2015-title5/html/USCODE-2015-title5-partIII-subpartF-chap73-subchapIII.htm#:~:text=%C2%A77321.,political%20processes%20of%20the%20Nation

Strzok response
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.209963/gov.uscourts.dcd.209963.88.0.pdf

EO 13233
https://sgp.fas.org/news/2001/11/eo-pra.html

Strzok opposition
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.209963/gov.uscourts.dcd.209963.100.0.pdf

Strzok filing re motion to quash subpoenas for Trump and Wray, apex doctrine
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.209963/gov.uscourts.dcd.209963.88.0.pdf

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