Trump Misled Own Lawyers On Classified Materials

Prosecutors in the special counsel's office have presented evidence that former President Donald Trump misled his own attorneys about his retention of classified materials after leaving office, US Judge Beryl Howell wrote Friday in a sealed filing, sources told ABC News.

Photo Insert: In her filing, Howell ordered that Evan Corcoran, an attorney for Trump, should comply with a grand jury subpoena for testimony on six separate lines of inquiry over which he had previously asserted attorney-client privilege.

Howell, who on Friday stepped down as the DC district court's chief judge, wrote last week that prosecutors in special counsel Jack Smith's office had made a "prima facie showing that the former president had committed criminal violations," according to the sources, and that attorney-client privileges invoked by two of his lawyers could therefore be pierced, Katherine Faulders, Alexander Mallin and Lucien Bruggeman reported for ABC News.

Trump has denied any wrongdoing in his handling of classified documents.

In her filing, Howell ordered that Evan Corcoran, an attorney for Trump, should comply with a grand jury subpoena for testimony on six separate lines of inquiry over which he had previously asserted attorney-client privilege.

Sources added that Howell also ordered Corcoran to hand over records tied to what Howell described as Trump's "criminal scheme," echoing prosecutors. Those records include handwritten notes, invoices, and transcriptions of personal audio recordings.

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