Lawyers correct me if I am wrong

[mercuryblues]

Attorney/client privilege does not apply if the client and attorney are conspiring to break the law.

Jeff Clark needs to make a deal or go to jail.

[elleng]

1. Correct

[mercuryblues]

3. Thank you.

I was wondering if I remembered that correctly.

Clark cannot claim privilege. His only hope is to take a deal.

If he thinks being raided while wearing pajamas is bad, wait until he has to wear orange every day for years.

[Nevilledog]

2. He's too stupid to make a deal. Really.

[jaysunb]

6. 👍 Agreed. Nt

[MerryHolidays]

4. Correct. It's called the "crime-fraud exception" to legal privilege.

However, Clark can't assert legal privilege, since his client was the United States, not Donald Trump.

In fact, I saw today a few snippets where Clark took the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination (!) and asserted EXECUTIVE, not legal, privilege.

[elleng]

5. Nice details you wrote here;

thanks.

[MerryHolidays]

7. Ty!

[mercuryblues]

9. Ah, I see.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. This is called the crime/fraud exception

The attorney client privilege was rejected for Easterman by a California fed judge due to the crime/fraud exception