Special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into disgraced former president Donald Trump’s handling of classified material is racing to a conclusion. In March, Trump’s attorney Evan Corcoran was compelled to testify in Smith’s investigation. After Trump received a subpoena from the Justice Department, Corcoran was the person tasked with collecting and locating classified material that was taken from the White House.
News then broke that Smith’s investigators had gotten their hands on “dozens of pages of notes” Corcoran took detailing his conversations with Trump. This news came on the heels of yet another former Trump attorney, Tim Parlatore, announcing that he would no longer be representing the twice-impeached former president due to “differences” with other advisers in Trumpland.
On Tuesday, The Guardian reported that “two people familiar with the matter” say Corcoran’s notes and testimony suggest the lawyer was told to search the Mar-a-Lago storage area for classified documents, and was steered away from searching Trump’s office. The latter piece of information could be used against Trump as evidence of obstruction, since Corcoran was only able to provide the Justice Department with 38 classified documents.
The FBI subsequently seized more than 100 additional classified documents from Mar-a-Lago, many of which were found in the Donald’s office.
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