A federal judge has ruled that a lawyer for former President Donald Trump must provide additional testimony before a federal grand jury investigating Trump's handling of classified documents, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. Howell said in Friday's order that the DOJ has met the threshold of the crime-fraud exception, according to sources familiar with the matter. We will fight the Department of Justice on this front and all others that jeopardize fundamental American rights and values." MORE: DOJ, citing crime-fraud exception, seeks to compel Trump attorney to testify in documents probe: SourcesTrump's attorneys and Justice Department investigators appeared for oral arguments on this matter before Judge Howell last week, sources said. Trump lawyer ordered to testify in classified documents case in landmark ruling, sources say originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News March 17, 2023 19:50 UTC