Fat former President Trump’s lawyers were present at a sealed hearing before DC Circuit Judge Beryl Howell on Friday, at which Politico legal reporter Kyle Cheney says they may have been held in contempt by the judge for failing to comply with the DOJ subpoena for the Mar-a-Lago docs.
“It’s entirely possible that Donald Trump is currently in contempt of court but no one knows because it’s all under seal,” Cheney wrote, with his colleague at Politico Josh Gerstein separately adding that a media lawyer was barred from the hearing, which according to the Washington Post’s Thursday reporting was indeed over whether the 2020 election loser should be held in contempt of court for failing to comply with the May 2022 subpoena for the documents he stole from the White House.
UPDATE 12/9/2022 4:57 PM EST: Judge Howell declined to hold Trump in contempt.