A reported statement from these two Trump lawyers about classified materials could make them witnesses — or worse. (via MaddowBlog)
report published Monday, Bobb and Corcoran met at Mar-a-Lago with Jay Bratt, the head of the counterespionage section of the DOJ’s national security division, and some FBI agents on June 3. At some point during their visit, Bratt and the agents were given “a sheaf of classified material,” the Times reported.“Mr. Corcoran then drafted a statement, which Ms. Bobb, who is said to be the custodian of the documents, signed.
But given the search warrant receipt — which states 11 sets of classified material were seized on Aug. 8 — the reported June statement to the DOJ, prepared by Corcoran and signed by Bobb, was false. And that’s where some potential trouble begins for them — and for Trump — even in the best-case scenario.
What about attorney-client privilege, you’re likely wondering? Well, you remember John Eastman, don’t you? Eastman, the constitutional law professor who advised Trump on how to overturn the election, initially refused to turn over thousands of pages of documents to the House Jan. 6 committee, insisting they were privileged.
Here, a suggestion that Bobb and Corcoran were, like the DOJ itself, victims of Trump’s misstatements could be the most favorable outcome for the two lawyers. And if the FBI or DOJ seeks testimony from Bobb or Corcoran, that would likely come with a collateral consequence: having to withdraw from representing Trump. Laurenza was no longer Manafort and Gates’ lawyer by the time she was compelled to testify. But if she had been, she likely would have had to quit that representation.