Special counsel claims Trump deliberately misled his attorneys about classified documents

[Nevilledog]

https://abcnews.go.com/US/sources-special-counsel-claims-trump-deliberately-misled-attorneys/story?id=98024191

Prosecutors in the special counsel's office have presented compelling preliminary evidence that former President Donald Trump knowingly and deliberately misled his own attorneys about his retention of classified materials after leaving office, a former top federal judge wrote Friday in a sealed filing, according to sources who described its contents to ABC News.

U.S. Judge Beryl Howell, who on Friday stepped down as the D.C. district court's chief judge, wrote last week that prosecutors in special counsel Jack Smith's office had made a "prima facie showing that the former president had committed criminal violations," according to the sources, and that attorney-client privileges invoked by two of his lawyers could therefore be pierced.

Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in his handling of classified documents.

In her sealed filing, Howell ordered that Evan Corcoran, an attorney for Trump, should comply with a grand jury subpoena for testimony on six separate lines of inquiry over which he had previously asserted attorney-client privilege.

Sources added that Howell also ordered Corcoran to hand over a number of records tied to what Howell described as Trump's alleged "criminal scheme," echoing prosecutors. Those records include handwritten notes, invoices, and transcriptions of personal audio recordings.

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[7wo7rees]

1. We need loads more popcorn with extra butter and parmesan!

Ms7wo7rees

[triron]

2. I'm so surprised NOT.

[captain queeg]

3. No! Say it's not so!

[Mike Niendorff]

4. "deliberately misled his attorneys"

Sounds like the kind of statement a Trump attorney -- facing criminal charges -- might leak "off-the-record" in order to spin a crime-fraud finding.

"I didn't commit any crime! Trump just misled me!"

Anyway, just sayin'.


MDN

[keithbvadu2]

5. His lawyers seem reluctant to verify that all classified material has been turned in.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

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

This briefing schedule is unreal

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[Nevilledog]

7. Insanely quick

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. Neal Katyal agrees

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[sarcasmo]

8. MSNBC needs to use the Monopoly card, Go Directly To Jail.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. Ther were some filings last night/early morning

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