Two Trump lawyers could be witnesses or targets in FBI investigation

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Two Trump lawyers could be witnesses or targets in FBI investigation

Christina Bobb and Evan Corcoran face scrutiny over their communications with the justice department, legal experts say

Hugo Lowell
Wed 31 Aug 2022 22.44 BST
Last modified on Wed 31 Aug 2022 22.45 BST

Two lawyers for Donald Trump could become witnesses or targets in the obstruction investigation connected to the criminal probe of the former president’s unauthorized retention of highly-sensitive government documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, according to legal experts.

The lawyers – Christina Bobb and Evan Corcoran – face becoming ensnared in the investigation because they liaised with the justice department during the government’s months-long effort to retrieve boxes of presidential records and classified documents from Trump’s Florida home.

At issue is an interaction that took place on 3 June in which, according to a court filing submitted by the justice department in a separate but related case on Tuesday, the two lawyers made representations that they had complied with a grand jury subpoena that subsequently proved to be false.

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According to the search warrant and court filings, the justice department is investigating among other crimes whether there was potential obstruction of justice with respect to how Trump and his lawyers have seemingly been resistant to return documents belonging to the government.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/31/donald-trump-lawyers-christina-bobb-evan-corcoran

[empedocles]

1. Those 2 trump lawyers, and others, may face much more than 'scrutiny' over time.

[Wounded Bear]

2. I think it's been established that they are complicit in lying to the FBI...

That at least will probably result in loss of license and possible criminal charges.

They need to get lawyered up and start singing to investigators, like right now.

[getagrip_already]

3. and yet, no target letters have gone out....

Meaning none are being investigated by a grand jury.

We would know, mostly because tfg would shoot his mouth off and fund raise off of it. It is doj protocol to send a target letter to anyone who is the target in a grand jury investigation.

Let that sink in; tfg and his associates are not yet being investigated by a grand jury - for anything.

[RockRaven]

4. Prosecute them. Lock them up. No deals. Get TFG without their help.

They committed obstruction. They go to prison. No leniency, no way out, no bargain.