Confusing Corcoran decision: testify while appeal is ongoing

It's hard to keep track, but that's the case involving Trump's refusal to return classified documents.

A federal judge ruled Corcoran's claims of attorney-client privilege over certain topics were invalid and compelled the lawyer to answer questions about aspects of his work with Trump and turn over evidence to investigators based on the "crime-fraud exception." On Wednesday, an appeals court rejected the Trump team's request that Corcoran's testimony be put on hold to allow for further litigation. The appeal is still ongoing, however, and a briefing schedule stretches into the spring, but in the meantime, the court ruled Trump's attorney would have to comply with a federal subpoena and sit before the grand jury on Friday.

  CBS

Interesting.

Corcoran's appearance in a Washington, D.C., federal court comes one day after another attorney for the former president, Tim Parlatore, confirmed he testified before a grand jury in December as part of the special counsel's documents probe. He answered questions about the Trump team's search for more government records at Trump properties across the county that yielded a handful of additional documents.

"I voluntarily and happily chose to go into the grand jury so that I could present my client's case to them in the context of our search efforts," Parlatore said in a statement, "During my testimony, it was clear that the government was not acting appropriately and made several improper attempts to pierce privilege and, in my opinion, made several significant misstatements to the jury which I believe constitutes prosecutorial misconduct."

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On Thursday, attorneys for the former president and an attorney for former Vice President Mike Pence tried to convince D.C. District Chief Judge James Boasberg that Pence should not have to comply with a subpoena to testify in Smith's Jan. 6 investigation.

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It is unclear when Boasberg will rule on the Pence matter and the former vice president has said he could take the matter all the way to the Supreme Court.

Also happening today...

Former president Donald Trump warned early Friday of “potential death & destruction” if he is charged in Manhattan in a criminal case related to alleged hush-money payments to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels to conceal an affair.

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Trump wrote: “What kind of person can charge another person, in this case a former President of the United States, who got more votes than any sitting President in history, and leading candidate (by far!) for the Republican Party nomination, with a Crime, when it is known by all that NO Crime has been committed, & also known that potential death & destruction in such a false charge could be catastrophic for our Country?”

  WaPo

What the hell? I thought he wanted to be arrested so he could pose for the cameras.

Trump resumed commentary on the case on Truth Social about eight hours after his overnight post.

“PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT!” he wrote in all caps shortly after 9 a.m. Eastern.

Trump will have another opportunity to criticize Bragg and other state and federal prosecutors investigating his conduct on Saturday when he appears at a rally scheduled in Waco, Tex.

I wonder why he chose Waco.

Nearly 30 years ago, a lengthy standoff between a religious cult and federal agents ended on April 19, 1993, when the group’s compound near the city was destroyed in a fire. Nearly 80 people were killed.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.