Trump lawyer recuses himself from Mar-a-Lago case after testifying: Report

April 15, 2023

A top lawyer for former President Donald Trump reportedly recused himself from the Mar-a-Lago classified files case after appearing before a grand jury.

Despite his recusal, Evan Corcoran is still working for Trump on special counsel Jack Smith's inquiry into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the Washington Post reported. Corcoran was recently ordered to answer questions about a subpoena against Trump's team for sensitive documents that were issued last May,

Typically, legal ethics rules stipulate that lawyers shouldn't work for clients in cases where they could become key witnesses. Corcoran’s recusal could be temporary as the rule is not yet mandatory, per the report.

Corcoran was a key figure in the Trump team's correspondence with the Justice Department over the May 2022 subpoena. The DOJ's subpoena came months after the National Archives and Records Administration flagged the discovery of classified documents from Trump's presidential record stash at Mar-a-Lago during a January 2022 exchange.

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