Jennifer Little

attorney Jennifer Little
30 Nov 2023
ABC News reported that Trump attorney Jennifer Little told a grand jury that she "very clearly" warned the ex-president that he must comply with a federal subpoena for the classified documents he took home from the White House, and she's "absolutely" certain that he understood that failure to do so would be a "crime" — a testimony that stunned CNN legal analyst Elie Honig Thursday.
"It's a bullseye for prosecutors and right down the middle of what they have to prove for obstruction of justice," Honig said. 
"Let's remember that it's the federal Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, part of the indictment relates to the mishandling of classified documents, part of it relates to obstruction of justice.
"If you're a prosecutor and you have to prove obstruction, you have to show that the defendant, in this case Donald Trump, knew he had a subpoena, knew he had to comply and intentionally did not do so, 
and this witness, Trump's former and, by the way, current lawyer, has told the grand jury straight up, no ambiguity, 'You have to comply, if you don't, it's a crime,' and he said, 'I got it, I understand.'"
"If the jury accepts that," Honig added, "game over, he's guilty."
What Little allegedly told Smith's team earlier this year may shed further light on how Smith came to accuse Trump of knowingly violating the law, saying in his June 9 indictment against Trump that the former president defied a subpoena by hiding more than 100 classified documents from the FBI and even his own legal team, and then having his legal team certify otherwise.
As ABC News reported in September, Evan Corcoran, who was Trump's lead attorney on the matter at the time, allegedly told investigators that he also emphasized to Trump the importance of complying with the subpoena, even warning that authorities might search the Mar-a-Lago estate if he didn't comply. 
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::Sources Trump attorney Jennifer Little spoke with federal investigators, sources said. By Katherine Faulders, Mike Levine, and Alexander Mallin at abc.com. November 29, 2023