At the hearing, a lawyer for the president, William S. Consovoy, made it clear that Mr. Trump was likely to raise challenges to the scope of the subpoena, which Mr. Consovoy characterized as “widely overbroad,” and to raise the question of whether there was a political motivation in issuing it. Other people and entities could also escape scrutiny, Mr. Dunne said, without elaboration. Mr. Trump’s lawyers must outline their new objections to the subpoena by July 27, and Mr. Vance can then respond. Mr. Vance has been looking into hush-money payments that Michael D. Cohen, the president’s lawyer and former fixer, made in 2016 to Stormy Daniels, an adult film actress who said she had an affair with Mr. Trump. The president has denied an affair.

Source: New York Times July 16, 2020 17:26 UTC