Trump Lawyer Forced to Testify in Special Counsel's Probe of Classified Documents.

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Trump Lawyer Forced to Testify in Special Counsel's Probe of Classified Documents.
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An appeals court has rejected an effort by former President Donald Trump's attorneys to block Trump lawyer Evan Corcoran from having to testify and hand over records to special counsel Jack Smith's team investigating Trump's handling of classified records after leaving the White House. Corcoran was expected to testify as soon as Friday. The ruling comes after D.C. district judge Beryl Howell ruled that prosecutors in special counsel Jack Smith's office had made a "prima facie showing that the former president had committed criminal violations," and that attorney-client privileges invoked by two of his lawyers, Corcoran and Jennifer Little, could therefore be pierced.

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