So let me get this straight: Trump wasn’t aware of the agreement, even though he (under a threadbare alias) was a party to it? And the agreement provides that it will become effective only when signed by all parties? Is that your story for today?
Ok, IANAL, but, 1. I don’t think anybody believes this and 2. Can you do that? Negotiate an agreement on behalf of your client, but not actually inform your client?
Trump really doesn’t hire very good people, does he?
“She’d be running the VA right now if she had played her cards right,” he added.
No lawyer here, obviously. Would one weigh in please? I seem to remember commentary somewhere that it’s either illegal or against ABA canons for a lawyer to disburse money to someone on behalf of their client without their client’s knowledge or permission. Is that true?
So Cohen is out of 130K plus substantial legal fess, plus whatever he settles with Stormy. So much for the hot shot “fixer”.
Well, it’s either an act of considerable charity, or just plain stupid. Which would you choose, having seen Cohen in action?
ETA: I forget mendaciously fraudulent. Yeah, that’s the ticket!
If this were possible, and lawyers were not in prison for it, it would be a very popular move.
It’s much like the NRA taking millions of dollars from Russia and moving it to political action accounts and then–voila!!–it’s all legal because Russians didn’t contribute money to Mitch McConnell’s campaign. How completely insane.
Hard to figure out how anyone sues Stormy for breaking NDA in this case.
Anything these guys say while not under oath is worthless. Let’s just call it a LIE and move on.
Lawyers on lawyers on lawyers on lawyers on lawyers. Lawyerception.
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Both David Dennison & John Baron knew ALL about it.
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Is there a special class lawyers take that teaches them to say things that NOBODY believes?
Sounds like he’s going to take one for the Cheeto. He’ll probably get fined and disbarred, but he’ll have the eternal* gratitude of Donald J. Trump.
* Eternity is defined as “until Trump feels he needs to throw you under a bus to make himself look good.” I give you a week to 10 days.
Full service lawyer. He cleans up your trash and pays for the privilege.
So is Trump then not actually a party to the agreement? And does that mean that he doesn’t actually have standing to enforce it??
Cohen is getting a couple of tatoos today. On one shoulder it says, “Disbar me,” and on the other, “Toss me in jail for FEC violations.” Such a good plan.
Yes, legal ethics.
Under the Model Rules of Professional Conduct (which NY has adopted), attorneys have an active duty to “promptly inform the client of any decision or circumstance with respect to which the client’s informed consent… is required.” In this context, Informed Consent is defined as “the agreement by a person to a proposed course of conduct after the lawyer has communicated adequate information and explanation about the material risks of and reasonably available alternatives to the proposed course of conduct.”
If this admission is true, Cohen has most certainly put himself at risk of being disbarred.
then he should have no problem testifying under oath