FBI sought to interview 31-year-old Trump aide: NYT

Source: The Hill | September 7, 2022 | Brad Dress

The FBI this week sought to interview a 31-year-old former Trump aide as part of its investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to the New York Times.

FBI agents in Florida attempted to interview William Russell, who served as a special assistant and the deputy director of presidential advance operations in the White House under former President Trump and continued working with Trump after he left office.

Russell has not yet been interviewed, The Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter. But it signals that federal investigators are inching closer to Trump’s personal orbit of advisers and confidantes.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is probing the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election in his favor. It has also formed a grand jury for the case.

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The DOJ grand jury, which has considerably more legal power than the House committee, appears to still be in a fact-gathering and investigatory stage and it’s unclear what charges, if any, will be brought against the former president as a result of the probe.

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