Trump lawyer ordered to hand over notes in Mar-a-Lago documents inquiry

Major blow to ex-president as Evan Corcoran loses legal bid to avoid giving notes and audio transcripts to investigators

Donald Trump's main lawyer - who was involved in turning over classified-marked documents at the Mar-a-Lago resort to the justice department last year - must provide his notes and audio transcripts to the criminal investigation after a federal appeals court rejected twin efforts to block the order.

The US appeals court for the DC circuit on Wednesday rejected two separate appeals from the former president and his lawyer Evan Corcoran to stop a sealed order, piercing attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine protections issued in a court decision last week.