CNN 

— 
Former President Donald Trump’s defense attorney Evan Corcoran is scheduled
to testify Friday before the grand jury investigating classified documents found at
Mar-a-Lago after a new order from a federal appeals court, a source familiar with
the matter told CNN. 

The US DC Circuit Court of Appeals said that Corcoran must provide additional
testimony and turn over documents about the former president as part of the
criminal investigation into possible mishandling of classified documents.

The source said Trump’s side is unlikely to appeal to the Supreme Court.

In response to the decision, a Trump spokesperson said, in part, that “there is no

factual or legal basis or substance to any case against President Trump” and that
“prosecutors only attack lawyers when they have no case whatsoever.”

The announcement from a panel of three judges in the appeals court – less than a
day after Trump sought to put Corcoran’s testimony on hold – adds momentum to
the special counsel investigation as it seeks to secure evidence that could make or
break a federal criminal case against Trump. 

The Justice Department has successfully argued in court that prosecutors have
enough evidence that Trump’s interactions with the lawyer were part of a possible
crime that they can pierce the confidentiality of the conversations betwee