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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJudge rules Trump lawyer Corcoran must testify, people familiar say
This is a big deal. It is not easy to undo the attorney client privilege without proof of real fraud.
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A federal judge has at least partially granted a request from U.S. prosecutors request to force an attorney for Donald Trump to testify before a grand jury about the former presidents possession of classified documents after leaving office, according to two people briefed on the decision.
Evan Corcoran had refused to answer investigators questions about his interactions with Trump, invoking attorney-client privilege a principle of U.S. legal practice that says lawyers must keep confidential what they are told by their clients.
U.S. prosecutors argued that there are exceptions to the privilege, including when there is evidence that a client used the attorneys legal services in furtherance of a crime. In secret court filings and a hearing held behind closed doors last week, prosecutors sought to show Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell of Washington that there were grounds for a crime-fraud exception.
A federal judge has at least partially granted a request from U.S. prosecutors request to force an attorney for Donald Trump to testify before a grand jury about the former presidents possession of classified documents after leaving office, according to two people briefed on the decision.
Evan Corcoran had refused to answer investigators questions about his interactions with Trump, invoking attorney-client privilege a principle of U.S. legal practice that says lawyers must keep confidential what they are told by their clients.
U.S. prosecutors argued that there are exceptions to the privilege, including when there is evidence that a client used the attorneys legal services in furtherance of a crime. In secret court filings and a hearing held behind closed doors last week, prosecutors sought to show Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell of Washington that there were grounds for a crime-fraud exception.
Evan Corcoran had refused to answer investigators questions about his interactions with Trump, invoking attorney-client privilege a principle of U.S. legal practice that says lawyers must keep confidential what they are told by their clients.
U.S. prosecutors argued that there are exceptions to the privilege, including when there is evidence that a client used the attorneys legal services in furtherance of a crime. In secret court filings and a hearing held behind closed doors last week, prosecutors sought to show Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell of Washington that there were grounds for a crime-fraud exception.
A federal judge has at least partially granted a request from U.S. prosecutors request to force an attorney for Donald Trump to testify before a grand jury about the former presidents possession of classified documents after leaving office, according to two people briefed on the decision.
Evan Corcoran had refused to answer investigators questions about his interactions with Trump, invoking attorney-client privilege a principle of U.S. legal practice that says lawyers must keep confidential what they are told by their clients.
U.S. prosecutors argued that there are exceptions to the privilege, including when there is evidence that a client used the attorneys legal services in furtherance of a crime. In secret court filings and a hearing held behind closed doors last week, prosecutors sought to show Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell of Washington that there were grounds for a crime-fraud exception.
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Judge rules Trump lawyer Corcoran must testify, people familiar say (Original Post)
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Mar 2023
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The DC Circuit will hear this issue on a very very tight briefing schedule
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Mar 2023
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(145,152 posts)1. This makes me smile
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,152 posts)2. The DC Circuit will hear this issue on a very very tight briefing schedule
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(268,961 posts)3. Lawrence just discussed this
Says this is way bigger than Manhattan. The wall is going up around Slobby. 😀😀