Judge has made a ruling, Trump cannot be absolved
His attorney must testify, the crime-fraud exception resolved
Jack Smith has enough evidence, Trump's in a dangerous bind
His attorney must testify, the truth must be defined
The documents may be classified but Trump cannot hide
He must face the prosecution, and have his truth denied

#trump #specialcounsel #judge #attorneyclientprivilege #classifieddocuments #poetry

https://www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/watch/judge-rules-trump-lawyer-must-testify-in-special-counsel-probe-of-classified-documents-166319173984

#Trump denounces 'crime-fraud' ruling forcing attorney to testify in documents probe

The ruling by the federal District Court in D.C. came as its chief judge wound up her term supervising the grand jury.

Judge Beryl Howell's secret order on Friday required #EvanCorcoran to testify about matters he and Donald Trump had claimed were subject to attorney-client privilege.

#JackSmith #ClassifiedInformation #CrimeFraud #AttorneyClientPrivilege
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/21/trump-crime-fraud-attorney-documents-probe-00088215

In her sealed filing, Howell ordered that #EvanCorcoran, an atty for #Trump, should comply w/a #GrandJury #subpoena for #testimony on 6 separate lines of inquiry over which he had previously asserted #AttorneyClientPrivilege.

Sources added that #Howell also ordered #Corcoran to hand over a number of records tied to what Howell described as Trump's alleged "criminal scheme," echoing prosecutors. Those records include handwritten notes, invoices, & transcriptions of personal #AudioRecordings.

Prosecutors in the #SpecialCounsel's office presented compelling preliminary #evidence that #Trump knowingly & deliberately misled his own attys about his retention of #ClassifiedMaterials…
US JudgeBerylHowell, who on Fri stepped down as the DC dist court's chief judge, wrote…prosecutors in #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith's office made a "prima facie showing that the fmr president had committed criminal violations,"…& that #AttorneyClientPrivilege invoked by 2 of his attys could therefore be pierced.

The US Supreme Court will hear an attorney-client privilege case on Monday. This case is related to the “advice” by a “law firm” specializing in international tax law involving the cryptocurrency assets of a “company.” Many documents are under seal. The briefs do not disclose the company’s or the law firm’s names but reveal that “the owner of ‘company’ is an ‘early promoter of bitcoin’ who ‘expatriated from the United States in 2014.’”

#lawfirm #taxlaw #attorneyclientprivilege #cryptocurrencies #bitcoin

https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/supreme-court-to-consider-huge-attorney-client-privilege-case?utm_medium=email&utm_source=salesforce_614917&sc_sid=01256440&utm_campaign=weekly_email&promo=&utm_content=&additional4=&additional5=&sfmc_j=614917&sfmc_s=45017569&sfmc_l=1527&sfmc_jb=7001&sfmc_mid=100027443&sfmc_u=18200185

Unterschiede zwischen angelsächsischen und US-amerikanischen sowie deutschen Rechtsinstituten
#LegalPrivilege, #AttorneyClientPrivilege #DutyofConfidentiality
#Verschwiegenheitspflicht #Beschlagnahmeverbot

Legal Privilege In Deut­sch­land unbe­kannt
von Prof. RA Niko Härting

https://www.lto.de/recht/juristen/b/legal-privilege-deutschland-beschlagnahme-kanzlei-verschwiegenheit-anwalt/