Prosecutors seek to question Trump lawyer before grand jury in classified papers case
by Hugo Lowell in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#69N2B)
Investigators are looking at invoking an exception that can bypass attorney-client privilege if legal advice is used for furthering crime
Federal prosecutors involved in the criminal investigation of Donald Trump's retention of classified documents argued to a US judge on Thursday that one of the former US president's lawyers should answer more questions before a grand jury over objections of attorney-client privilege.
US prosecutors have been seeking to invoke the so-called crime-fraud exception that allows them to compel testimony about communications between an attorney and a client when they have evidence to suggest legal advice was used in furtherance of a crime.
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