Should Christina Bobb be held accountable?

We've been hearing that she attested to the fact that Trump had returned all pertinent documents, but now we're focusing on CYA language she added:

"based upon the information that has been provided to me."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-lawyers-2658420858/

I'm sort of thinking, based on this, that there's not much to hold her accountable for legally, despite the moral and ethical problems with representing a criminal client.

Did she satisfy her ethical duty of candor towards the tribunal?

I'd say she did, if this language was included, and she didn't make any further representations about her inquiry.

I'm not a fan, but this stuff makes me think she tried to do her job, while not violating her professional obligations.

And, I also think, that those attacking her for representing Trump should have picked up on this a long time ago.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-lawyers-2658420858/

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LeopoldBloom · M

A lawyer is required to protect their client, but as an officer of the court, they can't suborn perjury either. Adding that line is a CYA, but at the same time, I would ask how hard it would be for her to tell Trump that if she's going to sign off on a statement that he returned all of the documents, he had better be telling her the truth. Otherwise, why add the CYA language? Of course she's basing her statement on the information her client gave her; it's not like she removed the documents herself and knew where they all were. So she must have added it because she either knew Trump was lying, or suspected he was.