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F.B.I. Raids Office, Hotel, and Home of Trump’s Longtime Lawyer Cohen. Update: Hannity 3rd client
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The risk that Cohen will attempt to go into hiding and/or become an assassination target for the Russian mob strikes me as not insubstantial. He should probably be put into custody, protective or otherwise, fairly soon.
Assassination maybe, but I have to imagine they have him under surveillance 24/7.
I came from the "Is T'Challa liberal?" thread to say Wakanda is lovely this time of year and has advanced surveillance facilities.
You'll note I said "attempt". I have no faith whatsoever in Cohen's ability to successfully escape detection or continuously evade it, but if he does make some hare brained effort at it he's likely to get somebody hurt.
I believe that's up to him to make that decision.
What is he gonna give up to receive that kind of protection?
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Let's wait for a non-opinion piece by someone not named John Swindler.
That's not a good justification, it means the justice system should be corrected, not that the president should have the power to overrule the law, since the president has no inherent ability to be more just than the justice system itself.
The funny thing is that if he was simply a lawyer/attorney, this wouldn't be the case. But he's not, he's a fixer and has his hands in multiple illegal ventures. So he's fucked and Trump may be too.
Mueller might not even need Manafort anymore if Cohen cooperates.
Hannity attacks Weismann every night on his show as if he was Hillary dressed in drag. He's been calling for his head for a couple of months now
Clearly Trump/Cohen are really afraid of Weismann
Helped take down the mafia, Enron and Arthur Andersen. Whatever could Trump could be worried about? Lol
Hannity has been editing his Wikipedia page too.
So, one thing's struck me that seems a little odd: Cohen has, himself, got attorneys. I assume they're clean - I've certainly not heard any indication that they're in any way complicit in this. Yet I'm somewhat surprised that there's been no talk of attorney-client privilege *the other way around*, i.e. the situations where Cohen is the client. Did he only engage these attorneys after the raid?
Probably yes... they actually brought up to the judge how little time they had to prep, suggesting they only had the weekend between the raid and the court date to work with Cohen.
Almost certainly. You generally do not want to be crossing those streams.
Really? What's his username? Or is it one of those anonymous IP addresses?
Nah, he had lawyers beforehand. Cohen's motion listed 8 of them. I don't think you can make a big stink out of the feds executing a search warrant on a person who has retained a lawyer, which seems like an incredibly common situation.
That's just because the raid is new. One of those guys has been representing him on the Russia investigation for quite some time now.
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Makes sense, thanks.
That's really the elephant in the room with all of Trump's supporters and defenders... nobody works from the assumption that if he just cooperates fully, quietly and politely, he'll be exonerated eventually. It's like everybody assumes he's guilty and the whole ballgame is about shutting down the investigation before it implicates him.
It's extremely embarassing to have a professional adult - let alone the POTUS - behave like this on a social media platform.
I really, really hope his Twitter antics will be used as evidence against him and bitw him in the ass.
PS: Yeah, travel ban stuff kind of did fire back on him, but it wasn't enough.
I really, really hope his Twitter antics will be used as evidence against him and bitw him in the ass.
PS: Yeah, travel ban stuff kind of did fire back on him, but it wasn't enough.
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It is a thing, beyond that, can't be determined until the hearing commences tomorrow.
It is if Cohen picks them, which they are in the process of doing.
Special Master is better because then Cohen can't slow things down by impugning the FBI's objectivity in its conclusions re: privilege.
The judge has the final say if there's a dispute, so if Cohen's pick (if he gets it) is playing shenanigans, Wood will cut right through the bullshit.
The judge has the final say if there's a dispute, so if Cohen's pick (if he gets it) is playing shenanigans, Wood will cut right through the bullshit.
They can only give out recommendations, judge's determination if and who, as I recall.
Pretty sure both sides put forth suggestions and the judge picks one they're both okay with, as that's the entire point of a Special Master.
Thats true but she asked them both for lists. If she picks a Cohen choice that will be bad as i have no doubt they are compromising those guys.
Yes, both sides have proposed candidates but I believe the decision is Wood's.
Apparently this is a stall tactic. Because they can contest any and everything the special hamster does. Could take years? But I'm no legal expert... Do we have any legal experts?
ahhhh.
i can't decide if i want to see him suffer a bit more or if i want to see him in cuffs already.
so conflicted :/ oh well, entertaining nonetheless.
i can't decide if i want to see him suffer a bit more or if i want to see him in cuffs already.
so conflicted :/ oh well, entertaining nonetheless.
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