A 2012 court case denying access to White House audio tapes kept in former President Clinton’s sock drawer after he left office could help the Trump legal team in its looming battle to retrieve records that the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago earlier this month.
The 10-year-old court ruling, issued by D.C. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson, rejected arguments by a conservative watchdog group that sought to gain access to dozens of tapes recorded by Mr. Clinton and historian Taylor Branch during his administration.
Judge Jackson ruled that the tapes belonged to Mr. Clinton, even though the discussions included a broad range of presidential matters.