Trump's Legal Battle Over Classified Documents and Misleading Attorneys

A federal appeals court is set to decide whether prosecutors have enough evidence to force one of former President Donald Trump's lawyers to testify to a grand jury and provide documents related to his work for the former president. The legal battle centers on the crime-fraud exception, which allows prosecutors to work around attorney-client privilege when they have reason to believe that legal advice or legal services have been used in furthering a crime. Prosecutors are investigating whether Trump or his associates obstructed justice by failing to comply with repeated demands to return a trove of government materials he took with him from the White House upon leaving office, including hundreds of documents with classified markings.
- Trump Documents Inquiry Prompts Clash in Appeals Court The New York Times
- Sources: Special counsel claims Trump deliberately misled his attorneys about classified documents, judge wrote ABC News
- Moment of Truth in Trump Case After ‘Extraordinary’ Late Night Legal Battle Yahoo News
- Justice Department convinces federal judge Trump used his attorney in furtherance of a crime in classified docs probe CNN
- Trump fights claims he misled attorney as court weighs effort to force testimony The Hill
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