Posted on 04/15/2023 3:54:05 PM PDT by Coronal
A top lawyer for former President Donald Trump reportedly recused himself from the Mar-a-Lago classified files case after appearing before a grand jury.
Despite his recusal, Evan Corcoran is still working for Trump on special counsel Jack Smith's inquiry into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the Washington Post reported. Corcoran was recently ordered to answer questions about a subpoena against Trump's team for sensitive documents that were issued last May,
Typically, legal ethics rules stipulate that lawyers shouldn't work for clients in cases where they could become key witnesses. Corcoran’s recusal could be temporary as the rule is not yet mandatory, per the report.
Corcoran was a key figure in the Trump team's correspondence with the Justice Department over the May 2022 subpoena. The DOJ's subpoena came months after the National Archives and Records Administration flagged the discovery of classified documents from Trump's presidential record stash at Mar-a-Lago during a January 2022 exchange.
At least one of Trump's lawyers, Christina Bobb, reportedly later attested that to the best of her knowledge, Trump's team relinquished all classified material to the DOJ. However, by August of that year, the FBI conducted a raid of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate and unearthed more than 100 sensitive files during the raid, court documents revealed.
Pure Multi-tiered Lawfare.
Lock the Meritless Garland and the Fey Wray up.
From what I’m reading...Biden had 10 times whatever Trump had...AND HE WASN’T PRESIDENT at the time he ‘lifted” them.
He should have refused to testify. Calling him was a brazen plot to strip away Trump’s legal team.
The process is the punishment.Everyone seen to be assisting DJT will be caught in the lawfare crossfire. The Deep State will see to it.
100 sensitive files
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Read carefully, there is word deception taking place. Sensitive is entirely separate from national security classified.
WHAT ??? Where is client/attorney priviledge???
Where are you reading that?
So you’re saying this guy is deep state since he recused himself?
I think he is saying that anyone helping Trump will find themselves targets of lawfare action also.
All I see is someone following standard legal procedures.
The question is, how hard did they try to ascertain this? Given that these statements from his attorneys turned out to be inaccurate, it raises questions of their truthfulness and/or competence.
since when was it up to the attorneys to ascertain what is confidential and what is not?
“best of my knowledge” may be the absolute truth...or could be just weasel words to CYA, which it effectively does.
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