Trump could be forced to turn over private communications with his attorneys — or lose his key defense.

“If Trump plans to use advice of counsel defense at trial in election interference case, he waives attorney-client privilege and must turn over documents to prosecution. He can’t have it both ways,”

  • Nougat@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    By invoking the defense, the defendant waives attorney-client privilege and must therefore disclose to the government (1) all “communications or evidence” the defendant intends to rely on to establish the defense, and (2) any “otherwiseprivileged communications” the defendant does “not intend to use at trial, but that are relevant to proving or undermining” it. kbin direct

    I wonder how long the appeal on this one is going to take.