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Assert sweeping claims of executive privilege, they advised him, after Mr. Corcoran had suggested that an unspecified chief judge would ultimately validate their belief that a presidents powers extend far beyond their time in office
Eric Herschmann, a former White House lawyer for President Donald J. Trump, was a prominent witness in the House Jan. 6 hearings.
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Trumps Team of Lawyers Marked by Infighting and Possible Legal Troubles of Its Own
Several of the former presidents lawyers are under scrutiny by federal investigators amid squabbling over competence.
5:49 PM · Sep 16, 2022
Jennifer Taub 🌻 🇺🇸
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Assert sweeping claims of executive privilege, they advised him, after Mr. Corcoran had suggested that an unspecified chief judge would ultimately validate their belief that a presidents powers extend far beyond their time in office
Eric Herschmann, a former White House lawyer for President Donald J. Trump, was a prominent witness in the House Jan. 6 hearings.
nytimes.com
Trumps Team of Lawyers Marked by Infighting and Possible Legal Troubles of Its Own
Several of the former presidents lawyers are under scrutiny by federal investigators amid squabbling over competence.
5:49 PM · Sep 16, 2022
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/16/us/politics/trump-lawyers-herschmann.html
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To understand the pressures, feuds and questions about competence within former President Donald J. Trumps legal team as he faces potential prosecution on multiple fronts, consider the experience of Eric Herschmann, a former Trump White House lawyer who has been summoned to testify to a federal grand jury.
For weeks this summer, Mr. Herschmann tried to get specific guidance from Mr. Trumps current lawyers on how to handle questions from prosecutors that raise issues of executive privilege or attorney-client privilege.
After ignoring Mr. Herschmann or giving him what he seemed to consider perplexing answers to the requests for weeks, two of the former presidents lawyers, M. Evan Corcoran and John Rowley, offered him only broad instructions in late August. Assert sweeping claims of executive privilege, they advised him, after Mr. Corcoran had suggested that an unspecified chief judge would ultimately validate their belief that a presidents powers extend far beyond their time in office.
Mr. Herschmann, who served on Mr. Trumps first impeachment defense team but later opposed efforts to reverse the results of the 2020 election, was hardly reassured and sounded confused by the reference to a chief judge.
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Trump's Team of Lawyers Marked by Infighting and Possible Legal Troubles of Its Own (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Sep 2022
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Irish_Dem
(45,616 posts)1. Representing Trump's attorneys could be a whole new legal cottage industry.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,021 posts)2. Which "chief judge" is bought? Was witness tampering averted?
Nevilledog
(50,659 posts)3. Attempted witness tampering is still a crime.
So is conspiracy to commit witness tampering.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,021 posts)5. It sure read like Corcoran and Epshteyn attempted to coach Herschmann.
Nevilledog
(50,659 posts)6. Yup.
PJMcK
(21,916 posts)7. That doesn't quite make sense
Herschmann approached Corcoran and Epshteyn for advice on his testimony.
If the two corrupt Trump acolytes were going to coach Herschmann, wouldn't they have reached out to him?
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,021 posts)8. They tried to get Herschmann on the phone, without record.
PJMcK
(21,916 posts)9. Oh, thanks (n/t)
sakabatou
(42,082 posts)10. Only the best, right?