Ethics lawyer: Special prosecutor should investigate ‘everyone in the Trump administration’
By DW
09 January 2022 |
2:05 pm
Former White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter talks to DW’s Brent Goff on “The Day” about former Trump advisor Steve Bannon’s refusal to testify before a Congressional committee investigating the January 6th attack on the US Capitol. Painter says a special prosecutor should look into the entire Trump White House’s role in the events, including investigating the former president himself.
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