Trump team fights back MORE legal jeopardy: Tears into ‘fake news’ reports that he deceived lawyers

Donald Trump’s camp has reacted furiously to a report based on the federal judge’s sealed file that found the former president committed “criminal wrongdoings” when she ordered a Trump attorney to testify in the documents case.

A Trump spokeswoman labeled a news report “Fake News” and “ILLEGALLY LEAKED” after portions of a letter from U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell to Special Counsel Jack Smith about the investigation into the former president’s handling of government documents, including secret material, on Mar-a-Lago.

Judge Howell last week ordered Trump attorney Evan Corcoran to comply with a subpoena to testify after investigators invoked a “crime fraud exception” that may take precedence over attorney-client privilege. Her sealed warrant would interrogate him additionally before a grand jury.

Judge Howell wrote to prosecutors that there was “prima facie” evidence that the former president had committed criminal wrongdoings, the sources said. ABC news.

The apparent leak of a sealed statement and document has enraged Trump’s team – during a week as Trump faces a potential indictment in Manhattan related to a “silence” payment arrangement with porn star Stormy Daniels.

“Shame on Fake News ABC for airing ILLEGALLY LEAKED false allegations from a Never Trump, now former chief judge, against Trump’s legal team,” Trump campaign spokeswoman Liz Harrington wrote, referring to Judge Howell’s retirement.

“These leaks are happening because there is no factual or legal basis or substance for a case against President Trump,” she said wrote. “This disinformation is on par with Russia, Russia, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine, and Mueller speculation without conspiracy, all of which were totally refuted,” she continued, before expanding the defense to cover all legal matters facing Trump.

“These leaks are happening because there is no factual or legal basis or substance for a case against President Trump. The deranged Democrats and their comrades in the mainstream media are corrupting the legal process and arming the justice system to manipulate public opinion, for they are clearly losing the political battle.”

U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell ruled that Corcoran had to testify

More than 100 documents marked “classified” were subsequently identified in Mar-a-Lago during an FBI investigation following evidence of a careful search

Former President Donald Trump’s team quashed developments in federal court during a week as Trump faces charges in another Manhattan case

Howell issued her warrant last week, her last as chief justice. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals then issued a stay late Tuesday, prompting urgent legal filings by both parties. A verdict could come on Wednesday.

All three judges of a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeal who delivered the ruling are Democratic appointees, Politics noted. They told Trump’s legal team to itemize the documents that form the basis of the fight Tuesday at midnight, with the DOJ due to respond by 6 a.m.

The “Crime Fraud Exception” may allow for the suspension of attorney-client privilege when the evidence or documents sought contain evidence of a possible crime. During a previous court appearance, Corcoran, who drafted a letter testifying to a diligent search in Mar-a-Lago allegedly invoked privileges for some cases.

More than 100 documents marked “classified” were subsequently identified in Mar-a-Lago during an FBI investigation.

Howell concluded her seven-year term as chief justice on Friday with the potentially significant move by handing over notes from Trump’s lawyer, Evan Corcoran, to the Department.

The everyday beast called the final blow a “parting gift” to Jack Smith, the special prosecutor assigned by the Justice Department to investigate both Trump’s handling of the Mar-a-Lago scandal with classified documents and his actions on Jan. 6.