Donald Trump Lawyer Admits He Was Stopped from Searching Ex-President's Mar-a-Lago Office For Classified Documents

Former President Donald Trump is facing legal trouble left and right, and one of his most serious is the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. Now, Trump attorney Evan Corcoran made a shocking revelation about the ongoing case.

Evan Corcoran is the Trump lawyer who was materially misled by Trump regarding the classified documents case, and his account on the matter had not been reported prior to the admission.

People familiar with the matter have told The Guardian that Corcoran admitted that he was told by several Trump aides to search the storage room because that was where all the materials brought from the White House were, as he was complying with the subpoena to hand over all classified documents.

However, after finding 38 classified documents in the storage room, he asked if he should also search the trump office at Mar-a-Lago, He was reportedly steered away by Trump associates and was told to inform prosecutors that the 38 documents were all he could find.

Trump has since asserted that there were no more classified documents left in his Florida home and resort until he was proven wrong when the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago and seized 101 classified documents a few months after Corcoran handed those previous 38 documents.

The revelation was reportedly Corcoran's sworn account to Special Counsel Jack Smith's federal grand jury investigation of how things went down as he gave up the 38 previous classified documents.

A Trump spokesperson reacted to the report and stated, "This is completely false and rooted in pure fantasy. The real story is the illegal weaponization of the justice department and their witch-hunts targeted to influence an election in order to try and prevent President Trump from returning to the White House."

Same Trump Lawyer Warned Ex-POTUS Donald Trump About Hiding Classified Documents

Before the FBI raid on his Florida home, reports indicate that Corcoran also warned Trump that hiding classified documents from his time as president might lead to a criminal investigation.

According to The Guardian, Jack Smith's federal investigation into the Trump classified documents in Mar-a-Lago is now focusing on why Trump did not fully comply with the subpoena for the documents.

Notably, Smith's investigation is looking at whether the ex-POTUS "arranged for boxes of classified documents to be moved out of the storage room so he could illegally retain them."

Trump valet Walt Nauta reportedly told the Justice Department that the former president told him to move boxes out of the storage room before and after the subpoena. This act of moving the boxes was even caught on subpoenaed surveillance footage.

Trump Lawyer Resigned as Lead Attorney for Donald Trump Classified Documents Probe

After the Justice Department subpoenaed Corcoran after it was found that Trump lied to him about the hidden classified documents, the embattled Trump Lawyer resigned as the lead in the defense of Trump for the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case.

While he is still part of the Trump legal team, he is no longer involved with that particular case as he may be compelled to testify against his client for lying to him about the documents that were left in Mar-a-Lago.

MSNBC has pointed out that the attorney-client privilege between Trump and Corcoran was pierced because of the crime-fraud exception, as there is evidence that Trump lied to him through their communications, both written and verbal.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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