was no longer president that mr. trump could face legal liability if he did not return government materials he had taken with him when he left office. the lawyer, eric herschmann, sought to impress upon mr. trump the seriousness of the issue and the potential for investigations and legal exposure if he did not return the documents, particularly any classified material. and generally, not long after the discussion with mr. bush and. mr. trump turned over, to the national archives, 15 boxes of material. he had taken with him from the white house. those boxes turned out to contain 184 classified documents the justice department has said until now. we know the name of one witness, possibly the most important witness. federal prosecutors will call to testify in their grand jury investigation of donald trump s possession of those documents. eric herschmann. eric herschmann will obviously comply with a grand jury subpoenaed to testify in that case. and tell the grand jury, whatever
knowledge and intent of donald trump. and you could not ask for anything better than a lawyer meeting with the person you are thinking of indicting. and telling the person, this is what the line is. this is why you have to do it. so having been a defense lawyer. this is the world s worst news, is a witness who is incredible outstanding lawyer. with no baggage in terms of criminal exposure. saying that he had a conversation with your clients, advising exactly what the rules require. so the document issue, we re gonna get through. it is going to be an interesting sort of up and down. that is not where the theme is. where there is real advancement of the case isn t in the breaking story tonight in the new york times about their cushman. eric herschmann was one of the defence counsel for donald