Posted on 02/17/2023 8:11:35 PM PST by bitt
Federal prosecutors are trying to compel the lawyer of former President Donald Trump to testify before the grand jury, citing the “crime fraud” exception to circumvent attorney-client privilege. They cannot beat Trump, so they need to shred legal frameworks considered sacrosanct to find anything that could lead to an indictment. This order comes from the special counsel reviewing the allegations that Donald Trump mishandled classified information, which shouldn’t be going near this since it could lead to Mr. Biden being slapped with similar charges. At least, that’s what’s logical (via NBC News):
"The special counsel investigating Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents is seeking to compel a lawyer for the former president to testify before a grand jury, a source familiar with the matter told NBC News.
A sealed filing from prosecutors alleges they have evidence that some of Trump’s conversations with the attorney were in furtherance of a crime, the source said.
In a sign of an aggressive new legal strategy, first reported by The New York Times, the source said special counsel Jack Smith has asked a judge to allow prosecutors to invoke what’s known as the “crime fraud” exception, which would let them sidestep protections afforded to Trump lawyer Evan Corcoran through attorney-client privilege.
The source did not say what questions the government is trying to force Corcoran to answer."
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Only a fake Conservative like the author Matt Vespa can pretend that the Department of Justice might treat Joe Biden the same way it treats Donald Trump.
Keep your head down.
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But Joe, James, and Hunter have way over $100 Million from rogue Governments and Oligarchs - and the Prosecutors only defend them.
The Courts protect them, and the Politicians cuddle them.
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Good Fg lord! Who are the fed prosecutors?
So we have a Commie Stasi tyoe special persecutor recently returned from the bogus , sovereign violating Criminal Court of the Hags.
Pull a Samuel Adams on the treasonous Gestapo idiot.
To get around this privilege, don’t they have to basically prove Trump is guilty AND the lawyer conspired to help commit the crime? Like a lawyer advising a client how to commit a crime. They have to devise a crime together, implement such crime together, and have one of them get caught with enough evidence to convict.
Eliminating these protections of normal Americans, to get council, is a really bad idea. Sadly, it’s probably some process crime again, and has no real importance. In other news, the DOJ, State Department, NSA, CIA, FBI, and IRS, will commit many crimes to cover up that yet another Democrat allowed access to classified material for financial gain.
Would the dems care if Robert Hur charged Biden's lawyer? They might be happy to get rid of Trump and Biden. Or Biden's medical condition could easily become so obvious they might have to replace him.
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