Trump Lawyer’s Notes Could Be a Key in the Classified Documents Inquiry

[onthedarkside]

 

Government investigators almost never obtain a clear lens into a lawyer’s private dealings with their clients, let alone with such a prominent one as Mr. Trump. A recording like the voice memo Mr. Corcoran made last year — during a long drive to a family event, according to two people briefed on the recording — is typically shielded by attorney-client or work-product privilege.

 

But in March, a federal judge ordered Mr. Corcoran’s recorded recollections — now transcribed onto dozens of pages — to be given to the office of the special counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the documents investigation.

 

The decision by the judge, Beryl A. Howell, pierced the privilege that would have normally protected Mr. Corcoran’s musings about his interactions with Mr. Trump. 

 

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/03/us/politics/trump-lawyers-classified-documents-corcoran.html

 

 

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[gamb00ler]

Given that 45 has a history of non-payment, including lawyers, it's not surprising that the ones he does manage to hire have questionable ethics/morals.  They're probably more willing to become co-conspirators than most.  The judge's piercing of attorney-client privilege is an obvious example of reaping what ye sow.

[Bkk Brian]

From the link:

 

Donnie is toast:

 

"The level of detail in the recording is said to have angered and unnerved close aides to Mr. Trump, who are worried it contains direct quotes from sensitive conversations."

[ThailandRyan]

The gloating and privilege that Trump thinks he should be able to have and do will be the complete and final stitch in his indictment cases, thus sealing them shut with no way to escape the legal and justice system.

[heybruce]

The final two sentences are interesting:

 

"Judge Howell’s memorandum compelling Mr. Corcoran to answer questions in front of a grand jury and to produce his notes described the lawyer as essentially a casualty of Mr. Trump’s months of gamesmanship with investigators and National Archives officials about returning the documents, according to a person familiar with the memo’s contents."

"As The New York Times reported in April, Judge Howell wrote in the memorandum, according to the person familiar with its contents, that Mr. Trump’s earlier actions and “misdirection” of archives officials’ efforts to retrieve what turned out to be more than a dozen boxes of records were a “dress rehearsal” for the May subpoena."

 

Trump's game playing has caught up with him.

[LosLobo]

The walls are literally closing in on Trump.

 

From his sixty thousand square foot Mar-a-lago mansion to a six by four.