Special counsel discovers "suspicious" Trump call -- and targets another one of his lawyers - Salon

[GGoss]

Special counsel discovers “suspicious” Trump call — and targets another one of his lawyers - Salon

Special counsel Jack Smith is seeking to force two attorneys representing former President Donald Trump to testify in the Justice Department's investigation into classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago.

Smith's prosecutors last month sought to compel Trump attorney Evan Corcoran's testimony by asking a judge to grant a crime-fraud exception, which suggests Trump and his allies may have used Corcoran's services to further a crime. Corcoran handled Trump's discussions with the DOJ after investigators sought to recover the documents and drafted a statement affirming that all classified materials had been returned after a "diligent search" — before the FBI discovered more than 100 additional classified documents during its search of Mar-a-Lago last August.

Smith is seeking to compel Corcoran's testimony about an alleged phone call he had with Trump after the government "grew suspicious" that the former president had not actually returned all of the documents, ABC News reported on Thursday.

The alleged phone call took place on June 24, 2022, the same day that prosecutors subpoenaed the Trump Organization for surveillance footage from Mar-a-Lago.

But the report added that it's not clear how Smith's team learned about the call or why they are focused on it in their investigation...

Link: https://www.salon.com/2023/03/17/special-counsel-discovers-suspicious-call--and-targets-another-one-of-his-lawyers-report/

[Scrivener7]

1. Go Jack! So good to finally see things moving forward like this.

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. Did DOJ wiretap Trump's phones?

Or did one of the staff snitch?

How else would they know of an incriminating phone call?

AFAIK, no subpoenas for Trump’s phone records has been issued.

[sanatanadharma]

3. "But the report added that it's not clear how Smith's team learned about the call or why ..."

"But the report added that it's not clear how Smith's team learned about the call or why they are focused on it in their investigation."

How can it be that they knew and not me and thee?
From all I hear, the investigators are simply signing their paychecks as they wait for a new government to sign their checks.
From what I hear, nothing will be done. Nothing will change. Nothing will be proved. Nothing will improve.
Nothing is worth believing in.

Unless one lives in my world.

[Chakaconcarne]

4. How the hell does an investigation conclude when every week something new pops up?

[Alexander Of Assyria]

6. Cause in investigations new things pop up all the time...pop the cork on indictments, tie with ribbon

when the popping stops.

[Beetwasher.]

5. Trump is a NatSec Threat, Everything he Does is Being Recorded Under FISA

n/t

[Alexander Of Assyria]

7. Yes. When all is said and done FISA courts will release evidence of the hounds work.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. The DC Circuit will hear this issue on a very very tight briefing schedule

This briefing schedule is unreal

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