Attorney-Client Privilege Review In Cohen Raid Is On Track
No news is good news?
I’m sure Cohen’s attorneys are trying to throw out everything including his electric bills.
Here’s hoping the Special Master is calling them on their B.S.
So are the lists of what should be under seal going to be submitted under seal? Because even without the contents, the metadata would be telling.
This is proceeding pretty quickly, bearing in mind the volume and variety of documentation to be scrutinized and the basic unfamiliarity of the factual terrain: there are very few lawyer-thug relationships like Cohen-Trump one, and even experienced lawyers will need to orient themselves. The other factor to bear in mind is that the public disclosures that have revealed Cohen to be a prima facie grifter of the first order, not to mention a potential conduit for bribes to the Trump, are potentially significant. Strictly speaking, that ought to be irrelevant; but there will be some close calls to be made by the special master and the judge, and nobody is totally immune from the pressure exerted by the authoritarian rightwing propaganda machine. The Avenatti files give them a significant degree of cover.
My hope is that Cohen finally caves as they find some really juicy evidence that could put him away forever. If they can convince him to tell all (especially about Trump) in return for prosecutorial immunity… he may be hailed as the hero that saved America from the treasonous Trump crime family.
Felt good to say that.
It’s pretty telling and for Cohen’s lawyers it must be fairly depressing, they spent their whole lives preparing for this moment. And a good portion of their legal strategy hinges upon whether they can keep a porn star’s lawyer off the case.
We are down the rabbit hole and through the looking glass.
If Cohen flips on Trump, we’ll all be hailing Mueller & his team, not Cohen, as our saviors.