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2023-06-14 00:48:18 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 9860B2D7B9CD47B7FAD939BAE63254B4575F8E34264250F209E17D770BCC0F40
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Attorney-client privilege has not been "abolished" and has never been absolute. Trump's attorneys are being compelled to testify under the longstanding "crime-fraud exception," where prosecutors can compel testimony when they can prove attorneys were used to commit crimes https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/17/us/politics/trump-lawyer-testify-documents.html
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