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In her 87p opinion, #Howell said the likelihood that #Trump committed #crimes was a basis to permit #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith to question #Trump’s atty #EvanCorcoran on topics that would normally be shielded by #AttorneyClientPrivilege [ #TheCrimeFraudException applies again].

Howell’s opinion:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.561.4.pdf

#NationalSecurity #DOJ #criminal #law #obstruction #EspionageAct #AileenCannon #ClassifiedDocuments

Evan Corcoran, an attorney for Donald Trump who became a critical witness in the classified documents case against the former president, no longer represents him, CNN has learned.

According to multiple sources familiar with the matter, Corcoran left Trump’s legal team in recent months, a notable departure as the criminal case remains in limbo in south Florida.

Corcoran’s quiet exit from Trump’s orbit could pose a significant issue for the former president, with the potential for prosecutors to call him as a key witness if the case goes to trial.
He also was one of the last attorneys on Trump’s defense team to have handled his federal investigations from the beginning, as his legal peril skyrocketed.

Corcoran was brought on to help Trump fend off charges in the classified documents investigation, but instead turned into a central witness after #Trump allegedly
🔸#misled him about the whereabouts of the documents 🔸at his Mar-a-Lago club and ♦️encouraged him to lie ♦️to the Justice Department and withhold those documents.

One year ago, Corcoran was required to appear before a grand jury investigating the case after a district judge ruled he could not use attorney-client privilege to shield notes and memos from investigators about his interactions with Trump, saying that prosecutors met the threshold for the crime-fraud exception for him.

The voice memos turned into notes provided a roadmap for prosecutors when they indicted Trump. Corcoran is referred to as “Trump Attorney 1” in that indictment.
If the case goes to trial, Corcoran will likely be a key witness for the prosecution. The case has been mired in delay and unresolved logistical questions for months now.
#EvanCorcoran
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/11/politics/evan-corcoran-trump-legal/index.html

In May of last year, shortly after the #Justice Dept issued a #subpoena to #Trump for all #ClassifiedDocuments at his #MaraLago estate, Trump's then-lead #attorney on the matter, #EvanCorcoran, warned the fmr president in person, at Mar-a-Lago, that not only did Trump have to fully #comply w/the #subpoena, but that the #FBI might #search the estate if he didn't, acc/to Corcoran's #audio notes following the conversation.

#Trump denounces 'crime-fraud' ruling forcing attorney to testify in documents probe

The ruling by the federal District Court in D.C. came as its chief judge wound up her term supervising the grand jury.

Judge Beryl Howell's secret order on Friday required #EvanCorcoran to testify about matters he and Donald Trump had claimed were subject to attorney-client privilege.

#JackSmith #ClassifiedInformation #CrimeFraud #AttorneyClientPrivilege
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/21/trump-crime-fraud-attorney-documents-probe-00088215

In her sealed filing, Howell ordered that #EvanCorcoran, an atty for #Trump, should comply w/a #GrandJury #subpoena for #testimony on 6 separate lines of inquiry over which he had previously asserted #AttorneyClientPrivilege.

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, & transcriptions of personal #AudioRecordings.