Global Courant 2023-04-15 23:45:39
Evan Corcoran, a key member of former President Trump’s legal team, has withdrawn from the investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents after being questioned by a grand jury last month. according to The Washington Post.
Trump is being investigated by Special Counsel Jack Smith over allegations that he deliberately mishandled classified documents during and after he left office, including storing documents at his home in Florida’s Mar-a-Lago and hiding them from federal investigators.
Corcoran will still represent Trump on other matters, including Smith’s investigation into the former president’s role in the January 6 uprising.
He spoke to a grand jury last month after a court ruled that his communications with the former president did not fall under attorney-client privilege.
Federal prosecutors argued that the communication was part of a felony and therefore did not fall under privilege, according to the Post.
The Department of Justice is expected considering allegations of obstruction of justice against Trump, focusing on a subpoena for classified documents prepared by the federal government after he left office.
Trump claimed to have already turned over all classified documents in his possession. However, during the execution of a search warrant in Mar-a-Lago last August, officials discovered boxes of additional documents.
Corcoran played a key role in communications between the Trump team and federal investigators during the search for documents and the pre-subpoena for documents.
Because grand jury sessions are classified, it is not known how Corcoran was questioned.
Still, withdrawing from a case in such a scenario is standard legal ethics, according to the Post.
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