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The former president’s lawyers are trying to get ahead of what could be his campaign’s October surprise.
The report, which runs approximately 180 pages and was filed last Thursday under seal pending the judge’s approval for public release, would reveal grand jury testimony and what Trump lawyers called “sensitive witness statements” gathered by federal investigators over recent years.
Trump’s team says prosecutors must explain “why their proposed public disclosure … will not pose risks to potential witnesses and unfairly prejudice the adjudication of this case.” Ironically, their argument comes after Trump, for months, has been complaining that a judge-imposed gag order has prevented him from attacking former allies for assisting FBI agents and testifying against him.
This is, ironically, mostly the same stuff that the republicans wanted released by Judge "loose" Cannon so that trump and company could attack those witnesses and investigators.
Something pretty damaging must be in there to cause them to flip like that.