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Trump attorneys expected to meet with special counsel's office as potential indictment looms: Sources

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Lawyers for Donald Trump have arrived at special counsel Jack Smith's offices this morning for a meeting as a potential indictment of the former president looms. Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have arrived at special counsel Jack Smith's offices this morning for a meeting as a potential indictment of the former president looms , sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News. Trump attorneys John Lauro and Todd Blanche are expected to meet with Smith's team following the receipt of a target letter alerting Trump he is a target of the special counsel 's investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. MORE: Special counsel informs Trump he is target in probe of efforts to overturn 2020 election The target letter, sent on July 16, mentions three federal statutes: conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud the United States, deprivation of rights under a civil rights statute, and tampering with a witness, victim or an informant, sources famili...

8 Trump 'fake electors' have accepted immunity in Georgia election probe, attorney says

Eight of the so-called "fake electors" involved in efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia have accepted immunity in the Fulton County DA's probe. Eight of the so-called "fake electors " in Georgia who were allegedly involved in efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state have accepted immunity in the Fulton County probe into the matter, according to their lawyer. In a court filing in the case on Friday, an attorney who represents 10 of the fake electors said the Fulton County district attorney's office reached out in April to provide an immunity offer for eight of her clients. "After reviewing the actual, written offers of immunity , each of those eight electors accepted their immunity offer," the filing by the attorney , Kimberly Debrow, said. MORE: Georgia prosecutors 'target' 16 'fake electors' in 2020 election probe Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is probing ...

TikTok attorney: China can't get U.S. data under plan

Under intense scrutiny from Washington that could lead to a potential ban on TikTok, the top attorney for the social media platform and its Chinese parent company ByteDance defended TikTok’s plan to safeguard U.S. user data from China and said it will ... SAULSALITO, Calif. -- Under intense scrutiny from Washington that could lead to a potential ban, the top attorney for TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance defended the social media platform’s plan to safeguard U.S. user data from China. “The basic approach that we’re following is to make it physically impossible for any government, including the Chinese government, to get access to U.S. user data," said general counsel Erich Andersen during a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press at a cybersecurity conference in Sausalito, California, on Friday sponsored by the Hewlett Foundation and Aspen Digital and featuring top government officials, tech executives and journalists. ByteDance will continue to develop its...