Lawyers defending Donald Trump in an investigation related to his handling of highly sensitive national security documents were spotted entering the Justice Department on Monday, as special counsel Jack Smith appears to be approaching a charging decision in the matter., including Evan Corcoran and Lindsey Halligan, entering DOJ’s offices late Monday morning. The subject of their visit was not immediately clear, nor was the identity of the officials they were slated to meet.
Smith is probing Trump’s retention of dozens of classified national security records at his resort properties after leaving office. The National Archives sought to reclaim hundreds of records missing from its files soon after Trump departed and, after protracted negotiations, recovered 15 boxes of material in early 2022. Archives officials first noticed some classified documents at that time and referred the matter to the Justice Department.
DOJ subpoenaed Trump’s office to recover additional classified material, but after those negotiations failed, the FBI raided Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate last August and seized additional boxes from Trump’s storage room and personal office — discovering additional classified records that had not been returned.
Corcoran’s presence Monday is notable. He has represented Trump in both of Smith’s investigations — the documents probe as well as a probe of Trump’s effort to subvert the 2020 election. Most recently, prosecutors successfully fought in court to put Corcoran in front of the grand jury, winning a bid to pierce Trump’s attorney-client privilege due to the potential evidence of a crime. Corcoran was also required to produce records to Smith’s investigators.
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