Thread by @PalmerReport

1) Turns out Trump and/or his people specifically told Evan Corcoran not to search Trump’s *office* for classified documents and then tell the DOJ there weren’t any. That’s specific enough to be textbook felony obstruction of justice. But there’s a lot more to it than just that.

2) Keep in mind, while this is newly reported, it’s old news. This is the testimony that Jack Smith successfully fought to obtain from Corcoran months ago. It’s why the courts struck down attorney client privilege and ordered the testimony. So why is it coming out publicly now?

3) The media doesn’t obtain this information by magic. It comes from someone involved with the process who actually knows these details, and decides to give them to the media for some specific strategic reason. And only a very small handful of people would know this information.

4) Corcoran would know. He could be the media’s source. But cooperators like Corcoran don’t usually yap to the media, because they’re already on the prosecutor’s good side, and yapping to the media could piss the prosecutors off.

5) Whoever in Trump’s camp told Corcoran not to search the office could also theoretically be the source. But no one leaks to the media about how guilty they are. If this were coming from that person, the leak would be about how innocent they are.

6) Prosecutors, even quiet ones, often strategically leak certain details near the very end.

One reason is to let someone know they’re nailed and that they’d better cooperate – which this could easily be.

7) But even without knowing who’s now giving this to the media, keep in mind that Corcoran already gave this same testimony to the grand jury months ago. This case is over.

These kinds of leaks after the fact are a sign of last minute positioning before indictments happen.

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