Unpredictability either around the moments that matter hey, happen in the courtroom. All right well hows that for the end of a friday. Thanks. See you guys for being here. Thanks to all of you for joining us as well. Im kasie hunt Cnn News Central, strike right now. Breaking overnight intrigue in trump legal world to trump lawyer turned political witnesses in the maralago Classified Documents Case. Is no long youre representing him. Why this information is, quote disquieting to donald trump. Next hour lawmakers will view classified information ahead of a key vote re authorizing the fisa bill well Speaker Mike Johnson, be able to control his own party this morning still no change in the 1800s, near total ban on Abortion Error for zona. And today, the Vice President heads to the scene what she plans to say. Kate is out. Im john berman with sara sidner. This is Cnn News Central and breaking overnight. Cnn got word that a key attorney to donald trump turned critical witness has left his legal team evan corporate was hired to help trump in the Classified Documents Case but he became a central part of the very indictment because of the meticulous notes and memos he took about his interactions with trump. The indictment revert to corcoran as trump attorney one, at least 20 times. And it was from corporates note its in memos that we learned that trump allegedly misled him about the whereabouts of the classified documents, encouraged him to lie to the Justice Department and withhold these documents allegedly if the case ever goes to trial, prosecutors could potentially call corporate as a key witness in this morning. We know he is out of the fold, and as Maggie Haberman told us overnight, that is disquieting to donald trump. His departure comes just ahead of a hearing today for two of trumps codefendants in that a case, trump aide, walt nauta and maralago employee carlos de oliviera, both hope a judge will toss the Obstruction Cases against them. First, lets talk about Evan Corcoran, cnns kaitlan, polands with us this morning. Corcoran out of the fold he is indeed Evan Corcoran in this indictment against donald trump in the florida Classified Documents Case. Hes all over it. Hes called trump attorney one multiple times because he was a witness to multiple things in this indictment. Crucially, all of those allegations that donald trump was trying to obstruct the job Justice Department and the federal government from getting back classified records in his possession. Trump attorney ones a pretty apt title for him to because he was not just part of the original team. He was the Lead Attorney for donald trump at a really important moment in the january 6 investigation, where the Justice Department was pursuing testimony from people as important as mike pence, that was Evan Corcoran, the man fighting those battles on the front line as the Investigation Board down before donald trump was charged after that, he became the person that the Justice Department compelled to testify. They forced him to come into the grand jury and reveal information, making him a cornerstone witness of this indictment in florida against donald trump. So he had continued on representing trump in the january 6 probe, but really was the person who witnessed something as significant as when done trump was talking to him about the classified records, found an apparently making reference to not wanting those classified records to be turned over. So specifically in the indictment, one things that happened is that corcoran goes to a storage room in maralago collects under us subpoenas orders 38 classified records that are in those storage room boxes. What some in an envelope talks to trump about it. And there about to turn them over to the fbi in june of 2022, trump says, did you find anything . Is it good or bad . And then according to evan cork, Corcoran Memorialization of this conversation, trump then makes a Plucking Motion and says, okay, why dont you take them with you to your hotel room . And if theres anything really bad in there, you know, pluck it out of course. Evan corcoran didnt find all of the documents at maralago at that time, there was more than 100 more found in the search by the fbi later on, theres gonna be a major fight whether he testifies against donald trump at the criminal trial in florida. But it is pretty significant that he has totally cleaved himself from the legal team. Do we have any sense of when exactly that happened in if it has any actual legal significance, deliberate legal significance for the maralago case Going Forward . Well i dont know if it changes anything about what we know in the maralago case, he was able to continue representing trump on this other matter january 6, as long as he wanted to, but he had taken a backseat. He wasnt the person whos primarily writing a lot of the motions and taking the case to the Supreme Court on president ial joel immunity in that case. But he was with trump when trump was arraigned in washington, dc related to the 2020 election, january 6, charges in the maralago case, theres going to be a really big fight coming over, whether he can be testified, whether the information he gave prosecutors is going to be part of that case. So john at very least, hes a guy to watch and now to an extent in the wilderness, katelyn polantz, great to have you this morning. Thank you very much, sarah. All right. Also this morning, john, the buildup before the kissing of the rings, so to speak, Speaker Mike Johnson heads to maralago to speak with former President Trump when it happens just a few hours job security may be top of mind for the House Speaker as Marjorie Taylor greene threatens to oust him from the speakership before maralago, though, johnson will try to evade another blow to his leadership next hour and National Security bill that trump convinced republicans to tank just 48 hours ago. Well head back to the floor for a vote. Cnns lena treene has more on this. Alayna we will all be talking about this sort of the pfizer Bill A Little Bit later as congress looks at that. But you have some brand new reporting, for us that just dropped. On the event that involves mike johnson and donald trump, theyre gonna be standing sidebyside, correct. What . Because the issue therell be talking about well, thats exactly right, sarah house Speaker Mike Johnson is trekking to maralago really, as he faces a threat from many of his House Republican colleagues to strip him of the speakers gavel. And im told from some of the sources familiar with this meeting and how it was set up. But that this meeting today between donald trump and mike johnson are really joint Press Conference. I should call it was part of johnsons idea as he faces this thread showing his ties to donald trump. But luck the two are going to appear sidebyside today at maralago at 4 30 p. M. And theyre going to be discussing what they argue are State Proposals and lawsuits to have noncitizens be allowed to vote. Now of course, its important to point out that noncitizens and migrants here, undocumented in the country are not able to vote in federal elections and those who do cast their ballots illegally face steep fines, deportation and even prison. But of course, this has been a main topic of Donald Trumps as we look forward to november, he has really been stoking fears around immigration undocumented immigrants in this country, whether its about Election Security or about crimes that theyve allegedly committed in the country. Its something that has been a focal point for donald trump republicans ahead of the elections. And so i think thats very important to keep in mind here. And of course, mike johnson also has been a chief person who has really helped pedal Donald Trumps false claims of the 2020 election being rife with fraud. And so thats another element to this as well. And it comes of course, as mike johnson is worrying about that as a vote On The House Floor today, and he has heard threats from his colleagues. Heres what Marjorie Taylor greene, someone who is being achieved, leader of this threat to strip them of the speakers gavel. Take a listen to what she said. I think that motion to vacate is also being supported by quite a few members in our conference thats it. Thats an internal house issue with our Elected Speaker get out of the house totally two separate issues hopefully i have that. They have a great meeting tomorrow now, sarah, that was a merger Taylor Greene telling our colleague manu raju essentially that this meeting with donald trump and mike johnson is separate from the issues that they are facing currently in congress. So well see how that plays out today. But just other, one other quick thing i want to give you a preview on and our colleagues, Kristen Holmes and Melanie Zanona lay this out in their story today, is that mike johnson is also going to maralago with another idea in mind, which is to feel out the former president on a potential package for ukraine and aid package, i should say thats all so perilous issue, but something that i think is top of mind for the House Speaker as he heads to florida, sarah will certainly sends a message that he is meeting with the former president. Thank you so much. Alayna treene there from dc. Don look, hes got a vote today On The House Floor. 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