Sources: Special counsel claims Trump deliberately misled his attorneys about classified documents,

[groundloop]

Source: ABC News

Prosecutors in the special counsel's office have presented compelling preliminary evidence that former President Donald Trump knowingly and deliberately misled his own attorneys about his retention of classified materials after leaving office, a former top federal judge wrote Friday in a sealed filing, according to sources who described its contents to ABC News.

U.S. Judge Beryl Howell, who on Friday stepped down as the D.C. district court's chief judge, wrote last week that prosecutors in special counsel Jack Smith's office had made a "prima facie showing that the former president had committed criminal violations," according to the sources, and that attorney-client privileges invoked by two of his lawyers could therefore be pierced.

Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in his handling of classified documents.

In her sealed filing, Howell ordered that Evan Corcoran, an attorney for Trump, should comply with a grand jury subpoena for testimony on six separate lines of inquiry over which he had previously asserted attorney-client privilege.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/sources-special-counsel-claims-trump-deliberately-misled-attorneys/story?id=98024191

[louis-t]

1. Hopefully, his next indictment will be Georgia, followed by

the classified docs theft. Then maybe the Carroll lawsuits can kick in. He deserves everything he gets.

[Traildogbob]

2. J6

And then the Russian cash propping up Truth Social. And I bet there are others, should be obstruction of Mueller Report. Gotta be some Saudie payout charges out there. And some criminal liability for Jr.

[Warpy]

11. I don't think there's anything illegal about Russian cash propping up Truth Social

Now if some of it has been documented as finding its way into his campaign funds, that's different. After all, there's no law against having RT broadcasting, they've just been deplatformed by cable and satellite because while they tolerate p,enty of sick propaganda from Pox and its clones, they do have limits.

Remember, we are not at war with Russia. I hope we never will be, honestly. I just want Ukraine to be able to kick them out.

[moniss]

28. There is if it is laundered

through that operation.

[Warpy]

33. That's something besides propping up a company

One form of laundering would be going from the company into campaign contributions.

[moniss]

34. The investigation into

the Russian funding as a laundering operation is already in process also.

[Timewas]

3. Damn

Who would have thunk it??

[Novara]

4. Lock the motherfucker up already

[Miguelito Loveless]

5. So, who is going replacing

the good judge?

[Novara]

7. Obama appointee James "Jeb" Boasberg

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/new-chief-judge-washington-oversee-secret-trump-proceedings-rcna75473

[NBachers]

6. Is this based on his lawyers testifying that Chump 45 deliberately misled them?

Is this their version of “Save Ass?”

[agingdem]

17. I think this is probably based on DOJ evidence

obtained from their sit-downs with Trump's other scummy lawyers that were subpoenaed and testified before the grand jury...and then there's Evan Corcoran..as to Trump's return of all documents, Corcoran knew better than to put his name to the certification of compliance and insisted Christina Bobb sign the compliance subpoena..

so I'm assuming Corcoran is going to claim to be another innocent taken in by big bad lying Donnie...right...

[plimsoll]

20. Fundamentally, who cares?

If his lawyers say, "He lied to me," and testify against trump it's even better. He'll have to pay even more to get legal representation, and given his history no competent attorney should accept him without a full value retainer.

[EarthFirst]

8. There's a fundraising plea here; I'm sure of it... nt

[SeattleVet]

14. There's *ALWAYS* a fundraising grift with him...

Donald Trump wants his '74 million' supporters to sign a petition railing against his potential arrest. Those who sign it are asked to donate $3,300 and more.

https://news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-wants-74-million-070622441.html

[sarcasmo]

36. Trump wants his 74 million voters to send $3,300 each.

[Turbineguy]

9. Lying to your own attorney.

He should plead Insanity.

[Evolve Dammit]

10. Shouldn't this be kept quiet and put into an indictment?

[moniss]

29. This may well be

a trial balloon kind of an article by ABC put out to see if any information comes out of the woodwork.

[Evolve Dammit]

38. good point

[Initech]

12. Of course he did! I wouldn't expect anything less.

[Warpy]

13. His lawyers were stupid, IMHO

Anyone who knows TFG's MO would have had him sign a document stating all files had been returned. A smart lawyer would only have witnessed his signature.

Now they're the ones on the hook.

[Ray Bruns]

15. Trump lied? I'm shocked. Well, not really.

O

[ShazzieB]

16. Of course he "knowingly and deliberately misled his own attorneys."

Prosecutors in the special counsel's office have presented compelling preliminary evidence that former President Donald Trump knowingly and deliberately misled his own attorneys about his retention of classified materials after leaving office, a former top federal judge wrote Friday in a sealed filing, according to sources who described its contents to ABC News.

Of course he did this. It's what I'm sure a lot of us have been assuming, and it's nice to see some confirmation. What I don't understand is why any of his attorneys would take his word about "retention of classified materials" or absolutely anything else whatsoever. If he told me it was raining, I would assume the sun was shining, until and unless I was able to independently confirm it for myself. Same
with anything else in the entire universe of words that he might utter.

Does he deliberately choose lawyers based on their willingness to believe any b.s. that splutters out of his ugly little anus-mouth? Or is he hiring nincompoops because all the lawyers with a lick of sense are refusing to work for him? I honestly think it could be either, or both.

[Captain Zero]

18. Trump lies to EVERYONE even his attorneys

And theN he LIES ABOUT WHAT HE PREVIOUSLY LIED ABOUT.

[agingdem]

19. He lies and FOX/Newsmax spews and disseminates his lies

and then Trump refers to those lies as truths because FOX/Newsmax said so...

[jcgoldie]

21. Something tells me these MAGA congress fools villainizing Alvin Bragg...

... may be spending their powder on the least serious threat.

[SayItLoud]

22. Any legal experts here?

Can't tRUMP use all these "leaked sealed" findings to get cases tossed out or use it as a basis for his countless appeals?

[republianmushroom]

23. Once possibly, twice maybe, 3 times B.S.

[RainCaster]

24. DFT lies to his lawyers, then stiffs them

He's going to have a difficult time finding competent counsel. That's his own fault.

[groundloop]

25. "Competent Counsel"..... like Rudy Giuliani?

[relayerbob]

26. I'm shocked, I tell ya

Trump lying? Who would ever have believed that?

[NullTuples]

27. "Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in his handling of classified documents."

In his true-narcissist worldview, he's not wrong or even necessarily lying. Simply put, in his reality he doesn't make mistakes.

[moniss]

30. He uses his lawyers

as "cover" and knowingly manipulates what they're told. He also comes up with some of these various "schemes" for defense strategy etc. and orders the lawyers to file some of this stuff despite knowing they are horse crap. All for the sake of delay and to later claim to be blameless and that he only relied upon legal advice and that the advice was faulty etc.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

31. The DC Circuit will hear this issue on a very very tight briefing schedule

This briefing schedule is unreal

Link to tweet

[jgo]

35. fascinating

[Hortensis]

32. Yes. tRump may have stepped in it big time, possibly negating

claims of attorney-client privilege that had previously kept 2 of his attorneys from having to testify on those "lines of inquiry." Again, this big deal is in DC, not NYC, DoJ classified documents criminal investigation, not porn star hush money.

Lawrence O'Donnell says he's never seen such an "ultra high-speed appeal" of a ruling order a tRump attorney to testify, tRump attorneys given a filing deadline of midnight tonight and Jack Smith a response deadline 6 hours later at 6 a.m.

So relaxed and quiet here at 11:15 p.m. ET.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

37. There were some filings last night/early morning

Link to tweet

[Wibly]

39. Divide and conquer tactic

Sounds to me like Smith is trying to give Trump's lawyers an out.
They can claim they were lied to be their client, and thus avoid being charged with obstruction themselves.
If those lawyers care about their futures in law, they will take this olive branch and cooperate with the DOJ by conceding they had a client who was not being honest with them. If they stick by him, they make themselves party to whatever crime their criminal client was attempting to perpetrate.
Leastways that is what I see Smith doing with this.