Sources: Special counsel claims Trump deliberately misled his attorneys about classified documents, judge wrote

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KATHERINE FAULDERS, ALEXANDER MALLIN and LUCIEN BRUGGEMAN

Prosecutors in the special counsel's office have presented compelling preliminary evidence that former President Donald Trump knowingly and deliberately misled his own attorneys about his retention of classified materials after leaving office, a former top federal judge wrote Friday in a sealed filing, according to sources who described its contents to ABC News.

 

U.S. Judge Beryl Howell, who on Friday stepped down as the D.C. district court's chief judge, wrote last week that prosecutors in special counsel Jack Smith's office had made a "prima facie showing that the former president had committed criminal violations," according to the sources, and that attorney-client privileges invoked by two of his lawyers could therefore be pierced.

 

Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in his handling of classified documents.

 

Full story: https://www.yahoo.com/gma/sources-special-counsel-claims-trump-221048707.html

 

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[Chomper Higgot]

And the Special Council is going to put the lawyers on the stand.

Donny forgot, it’s the cover up that gets you caught.

 

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick.

 

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I thought that the government had a very strong case for piercing the attorney-client privilege shield until I read this:

"In response to ABC News, a Trump campaign spokesperson said, in part, "Shame on Fake News ABC for broadcasting ILLEGALLY LEAKED false allegations from a Never Trump, now former chief judge, against the Trump legal team."

"The real story here, that Fake News ABC SHOULD be reporting on, is that prosecutors only attack lawyers when they have no case whatsoever," the spokesperson said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judge-says-special-prosecutor-has-evidence-trump-may-have-broken-law-sources/ar-AA18UOht

 

As noted, this came from a spokesperson. Given how stylistically similar the reply was to Trump's own rants, I think that spokesperson should be promoted to be Trumps mini-me.

[spidermike007]

Of course he did. Mislead is what Trump does. He would not know truth, facts, or reality if it bit him on the bum. The man has spent his lifetime misleading and lying. That is who he is. 

 

If there is one certainly about Trump, it is that if he says it, it is not true. He is nothing, if not predictable. 

[Tug]

Perhaps the special counsel is throwing a life raft to the trump lawyers so they don’t go down with the trumptanic?

[nglodnig]

All this mud - SOME'S gotta stick.

[Mac Mickmanus]

21 minutes ago, nglodnig said:

All this mud - SOME'S gotta stick.

There will be a new round of accusations next week 

  *Hes going to jail for this*

[heybruce]

Another court ruling against Trump:

 

Trump’s Attorney Ordered to Turn Over Documents to Special Counsel  https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-attorney-ordered-turn-over-194455521.html

Of course Trump will appeal and drag the case out as long as possible.