“On her last day as Supreme Justice of the District of Columbia Friday afternoon — in her final act — Chief Justice Beryl A. Howell did more than grant the Justice Department permission to question the personal attorney for former President Donald Trump. She actually made the rare decision to turn over the attorney’s notes to federal prosecutors,” the daily beast reports.
“In doing so, Howell may have sown the seeds for a future constitutional challenge. But immediately, she handed Justice Department special prosecutor Jack Smith a parting gift: what she considered evidence of a crime involving the former president’s improperly hoarding documents. classified after leaving office.
