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Judge orders Trump lawyer to testify in probe into Trump absconding with classified documents [1]

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Date: 2023-03-17  

Evan Corcoran walking to the federal courthouse in Manhattan.

Ever since Jack Smith was named special counsel for the investigations into Donald Trump’s attempts to steal another term and Trump's willful decision to haul classified documents to Mar-a-Lago, both investigations have ramped up considerably. Indeed, they’ve ramped up to the point that the chances of Trump getting indicted have zoomed exponentially.

The latest proof of how much trouble Trump is in came late Friday afternoon, when a federal judge ordered Evan Corcoran, the lawyer who initially certified that all classified documents had been cleared out of Mar-a-Lago, to give further testimony.

In a monumental ruling Friday, a federal judge ordered Donald Trump attorney Evan Corcoran to provide additional testimony as part of an investigation into the former president’s handling of classified documents, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. Corcoran has the potential to become one of the most crucial witnesses in special counsel Jack Smith’s criminal investigation into possible mishandling of classified records after the Trump presidency and obstruction of justice. District Judge Beryl Howell said in an order under seal that Justice Department prosecutors have met the threshold for the crime-fraud exception for Corcoran, the source said.

To my mind, the fact Smith sought Corcoran’s testimony at all is a strong indication that he’s at least thinking about indicting Trump himself.

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