Federal Judge OKs Depositions of Trump and FBI Director

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the depositions of former president Donald Trump and FBI Director Christopher Wray for two hours as part of two ongoing lawsuits focused on whether Peter Strzok, a former FBI agent, and Lisa Page, an FBI attorney, were fired without cause.

Texts critical of Trump were revealed in an exchange between the two FBI staffers, who were in the midst of an affair. Strzok and Page, who were involved in the investigation into Trump’s alleged ties with Russia, were eventually dismissed from the agency. They are suing the FBI over their firings.

Washington, D.C., district judge Amy Berman Jackson, an appointee of President Barack Obama, stressed that the order is contingent upon President Joe Biden’s consent. Judge Jackson deferred the ruling to President Biden, citing the president’s discretion invoking executive privilege to block any testimony that may arise from the deposition.