Special Counsel Jack Smith has expressed interest in audio tapes recorded by former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg while she worked at the right-wing network, her lawyer said.
Grossberg attorney Gerry Filippatos told CNN on Wednesday that he has given a spreadsheet to the special counsel’s team, detailing the nearly 90 audiotapes in Grossberg’s possession. Talks are underway for a subpoena, so Grossberg can turn over the material to Smith’s team of federal prosecutors, who are investigating efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election.
“We’re in the process of negotiating a targeted subpoena for Abby’s electronic data, so they can have what they want,” Filippatos said.
He first revealed the special counsel’s interest in an MSNBC interview Tuesday.
Federal investigators initially reached out several weeks ago, after some of the tapes were aired by news outlets, Filippatos said. He added that Grossberg is committed to cooperating fully with law enforcement – which could include an eventual FBI interview or meetings with other investigators.
“They reached out to us after we publicized some of the tapes,” Filippatos said, referring to recordings of Fox host Maria Bartiromo discussing 2020 election conspiracy theories with Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, where they were “being candid off-air and saying something contrary to what they said on-air.”
Fox News fired Grossberg last month after she filed a pair of explosive lawsuits against the network. Her lawsuits accused Fox lawyers of pressuring her into giving false testimony in the Dominion defamation case and say she experienced rampant misogyny and sex discrimination. Fox vehemently denies these allegations and has said her lawsuits are “riddled with false allegations against Fox and our employees.”
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