One expert called the move 'a clear harbinger of charges' coming soon for the former president.
executed a search warrant at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, finding numerous classified materials kept in substandard conditions. It was also later found that Trump had failed to return the documents despite multiple requests from the government. The former president has maintained his innocence in the case, claiming that he had the right to retain the documents and that many had been declassified.
Following the news of Corcoran's recusal from the documents case, numerous legal experts and analysts took to social media and said that the move was a clear sign. This, they said, is because Corcoran would have to recuse himself if he was expected to be called as a witness at a future trial. Trump lawyer Evan Corcoran is seen. Corcoran recently recused himself from representing Trump in the Mar-a-Lago documents case."BIG sign today that the Mar-a-Lago case is headed toward indictments and trial: Trump lawyer Evan Corcoran is recusing himself from representing Trump in the case," Tristan Snell, a lawyer and analyst for various news networks, wrote in a tweet on Saturday evening.
Why is that important? Because a lawyer cannot rep a client at trial if they will likely be a WITNESS at trial."Was waiting for this - a clear harbinger of charges coming down the pike; you cannot be a lawyer and a witness on a case," veteran DOJ attorney Andrew Weissman tweeted, to which fellow lawyer and constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe responded,"Uh Oh!"
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