Former President Donald Trump\u2019s defense attorney Evan Corcoran is scheduled to testify Friday before the grand jury investigating classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago after a new order from a federal appeals court, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
The US DC Circuit Court of Appeals said that Corcoran must provide additional testimony and turn over documents about the former president as part of the criminal investigation into possible mishandling of classified documents.
The source said Trump\u2019s side is unlikely to appeal to the Supreme Court.
In response to the decision, a Trump spokesperson said, in part, that \u201cthere is no factual or legal basis or substance to any case against President Trump\u201d and that \u201cprosecutors only attack lawyers when they have no case whatsoever.\u201d
The announcement from a panel of three judges in the appellate court \u2013 less than a day after Trump sought to put Corcoran\u2019s testimony on hold \u2013 adds momentum to the special counsel investigation as it seeks to secure evidence that could make or break a federal criminal case against Trump.
The Justice Department has successfully argued in court that prosecutors have enough evidence that Trump\u2019s interactions with the lawyer were part of a possible crime that they can pierce the confidentiality of the conversations between the two.
The documents at issue in the case are Corcoran\u2019s handwritten notes and transcribed verbal notes, regarding his representation of Trump in the Mar-a-Lago probe, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Corcoran previously testified and declined to answer some questions, citing attorney-client privilege. Prosecutors are also seeking access to notes from Corcoran.
It\u2019s not fully known what Corcoran\u2019s testimony and documents would reveal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n