Elliott Broidy, a past top fundraiser for former President Donald Trump, has subpoenaed Covington & Burling for documents as part of his lawsuit alleging a Qatari-backed plot to hack and smear him.
The Washington law firm in a filing last week revealed Broidy’s subpoena, which it received in June. Covington objected to the subpoena based on privilege and sovereign immunity grounds, the firm said in the filing.
Covington, which has represented Qatar in several US court proceedings, didn’t respond to a request for comment.
The subpoena shows an aggressive strategy by the Broidy legal team to target a US law ...
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