May You Live In Interesting Times

And, in any event, if client provides false facts to counsel to provide to govt, that is a crime (obstruction and false statement to govt), and crime-fraud exception applies. You can't commit a crime through a lawyer intermediary.

— Andrew Weissmann 🌻 (@AWeissmann_) March 22, 2023

Could be even more interesting:

An overnight briefing schedule like we appear to have seen here is almost unheard of. Assuming it was at DOJ’s request, they would have to show pretty extenuating circumstances—especially in a case involving as sensitive an issue as crime-fraud in relation to a former president.

— Scott R. Anderson🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@S_R_Anders) March 22, 2023

I don’t think DOJ could persuade them to move at this speed just because DOJ wants to indict sooner. That’s a self-imposed timeline DOJ could invoke in all sorts of cases. It’d be a bad precedent.

— Scott R. Anderson🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@S_R_Anders) March 22, 2023

One explanation does make sense to me though: what if DOJ presented evidence that there may still be classified information in Trump’s hands and that Corcoran’s testimony and evidence could help DOJ recover it.

— Scott R. Anderson🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@S_R_Anders) March 22, 2023

One possibility is that Howell felt the need to weigh the issues carefully but DOJ feels more comfortable pushing now that they have a trial court win.

Or now that DOJ has won at the trial court, it may be seen as creating new risks that things will be moved or destroyed.

— Scott R. Anderson🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@S_R_Anders) March 22, 2023

There would also have to be reason to believe that Corcoran’s evidence could help remedy the underlying harm by facilitating recovery.

But that’s not hard to imagine: maybe they have evidence that docs were moved, but only Corcoran might have evidence as to where.

— Scott R. Anderson🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@S_R_Anders) March 22, 2023

This is all highly speculative to be sure. But nothing else I can think of makes sense. The timing is too singularly unusual.

Anyone have a better explanation? Let me know, I am very open to alternative explanations!

— Scott R. Anderson🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@S_R_Anders) March 22, 2023

Inquiring minds want to know!

Cannot emphasize enough how Corcoran's testimony vs. Trump on Espionage Act and obstruction may be the single greatest threat to him. Allegedly with notes and recording this may be the final blow.

— Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) March 22, 2023

Don’t count your chickens… 🐣 

Corcoran now reportedly scheduled to testify before GJ on Friday, and also reportedly was ordered to turn over his documents today. So events moving very quickly.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) March 22, 2023

If the documents have been surrendered, any further appeal is moot. Corcoran is going to testify, sooner or later. If this is about national security/Espionage Act violations, this could be very, very bad for Trump. Maybe even 14th Amendment bad. 🤔 (Yeah, I’m really spitballin’ there.)

And just because I like it:

The B-52's on SNL, January 26, 1980. Incredible. pic.twitter.com/l9Nlan7vaG

— Christian Schneider (@Schneider_CM) November 12, 2022