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Senators inserted the carve-out in response to revelations that the Federal Bureau of Investigation, during special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, subpoenaed the phone records of several Republican senators.

Kuhn said that under the state’s Unfair Competition Law, the county counsel’s office does not need a formal vote of the Board of Supervisors to proceed with a civil action.

He made a motion to withdraw as counsel from the more recent case, but said the judge denied it.

Prosecution counsel Michael Brady said the trial, expected to last two weeks, would be heard in front of a High Court judge and a date was set for 5 May.

Often appearing to choke back tears, he told his counsel Tony Graham KC he remembered nothing of the accident nor the journey leading up to it.