One of former president Donald Trump’s current attorneys told special counsel Jack Smith’s team that, within days of the Justice Department issuing a subpoena last year for all classified documents at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, she “very clearly” warned Trump that if he failed to fully comply — but then swore he did — “it’s going to be a crime,” according to sources familiar with the matter.
Sources said the lawyer, Jennifer Little, told investigators Trump “absolutely” understood the warning, which came during a pivotal meeting at Mar-a-Lago with Trump and another attorney, Evan Corcoran, who had recently joined Trump’s legal team. …
But, she told Trump, if there are any more classified documents, failing to return all of them moving forward will be “a problem,” especially because the subpoena requires a signed certification swearing full compliance, the sources said.
“Once this is signed — if anything else is located — it’s going to be a crime,” sources quoted Little as recalling she told Trump.
[Interesting if true, for three reasons. First, it corroborates Corcoran’s reported testimony. Second, it establishes a criminal intent, if the allegations themselves are proven. And most of all, Little *still represents Trump*. She’s one of his attorneys in the Georgia RICO case. I wonder how long that will last. — Ed]
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