Trump attorney Evan Corcoran, following a judge's ruling piercing attorney-client privilege, appeared before a grand jury probing former Pres. Trump's handling of classified documents after leaving the White House, sources say.
According to sources familiar with the filing, Smith was seeking information from Corcoran on whether Trump or anyone else in his employ was aware of thethat was drafted by Corcoran and signed by Trump attorney Christina Bobb, which was submitted in response to a May 11 subpoena from the DOJ seeking all remaining documents with classified markings in Trump's possession.
Evan Corcoran, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, arrives to testify before a federal grand jury investigating Trump's handling of classified documents, at U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., March 24, 2023.of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in which FBI investigators recovered more than 100 classified documents -- including some located in Trump's personal office, according to previously released court documents.
Smith's investigators specifically wanted to ask Corcoran whether Trump was aware of the statements in the certification, which claimed a "diligent search" of Mar-a-Lago had been conducted, and if Trump approved of it being provided to the government, sources familiar with the filing said.
"There is no factual or legal basis or substance to any case against President Trump," a Trump spokesperson told ABC News Wednesday. "The deranged Democrats and their comrades in the mainstream media are corrupting the legal process and weaponizing the justice system in order to manipulate public opinion, because they are clearly losing the political battle. The real story here is that prosecutors only attack lawyers when they have no case whatsoever.
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