Federal prosecutors continue to build a case that the former president obstructed efforts by the government to reclaim classified material and that he may have misled his own lawyer.
Tag: Corcoran, M. Evan
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Trump Documents Inquiry Prompts Clash in Appeals Court
At issue is whether prosecutors have sufficient evidence of a crime to force a lawyer for Donald J. Trump to testify to a grand jury and turn over documents related to his representation of the former president.
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Judge Rules Trump Lawyer Must Testify in Documents Inquiry
The ruling found that the government had met the threshold for the crime-fraud exception, which allows prosecutors to get around attorney-client privilege if they believe a crime has been committed.
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Special Counsel Seeks to Force Pence to Testify Before Jan. 6 Grand Jury
Prosecutors have asked a federal judge to set aside any claims of executive privilege that former Vice President Mike Pence might raise to avoid answering questions.
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Prosecutors Seek Trump Lawyer’s Testimony in Classified Documents Case
The Justice Department cited the crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege in demanding testimony from a lawyer representing former President Donald Trump in his documents case.