“A Trump Presidency is unworkable and ripe for abuse,” the assistant U.S. attorneys said.
FIFY
the President’s proposal would set a dangerous precedent,
Do you think…
PLEASE, let Trump’s team do their own sorting, but AFTER the NY Feds have copies of their own stacks compiled… just don’t TELL them its already done.
Then compare the two piles, is there any doubt the Trump stack that doesn’t match the Fed stack will be the smoking gun of all smoking guns?
They would only sequester what exposes or expresses their worst guilt.
Let em have at… just don’t tell them there’s already a stack made up by impartial investigators.
"“Such a rule is unworkable and ripe for abuse…”
Which is the whole idea here.
It’s too bad they can’t just use the email and phone warrant information and provide Cohen with a public list: “Which of these people is the client you’ve been asked not to disclose?”
An interesting idea! 
The wörd; commingling
President Trump has called the seizure of documents from his longtime personal lawyer Michael D. Cohen a “witch hunt” — and lawyers for both men were in federal court Friday seeking limits to what evidence federal prosecutors will get to see.
But Cohen has blurred the line between his personal dealings and work with Trump for nearly a decade, according to documents obtained through a freedom of information request into Cohen’s taxi medallions, the Forward has learned.
Cohen, who has worked for Trump since the mid-2000s and has been described as his “pit bull,” has used his Trump Organization email address to conduct business with New York’s Taxi and Limousine Commission since at least 2009. That could mean that if Cohen did anything illegal that involved both his taxi business and his work for Trump, it might be hard for either of them to maintain that Trump didn’t know anything about it.
For all we know Trump was “ getting a piece of the action”.
~~#mafiaboss
For all we know Trump was “ getting a piece of the action”.
until Vhatzername caught him… again.
For yes, stamp your right foot once, for no, twice.
The F. Be. I. Sees his safety deposit box as well. I hadn’t heard this before this morning.
If it’s trump org, they might be able to maintain that trump didn’t know, but even if trump didn’t know, trump org might have some liabilty. (And in a criminal prosecution of Cohen, trump org might be subject to warrants…)
If it involves anything about the ’ getting a piece ’ part …
You KNOW he was in on it ! —
I find it a more than a little disturbing that the request/proposal was taken even remotely seriously (I personally LOL’d when I saw the title of the article on it), but as many have said over the past year and a half or so, I guess this is where we are…
One exhausting aspect is the constant battle to explain the obvious by means of the less obvious - and (if that weren’t enough of a losing proposition), having to explain it to tens of millions of people (i.e., the diehard “deplorables”) who don’t know the difference.
I doubt that is how it works. If granted access, it would be under strict supervision. One does not simply check out evidence. Nothing would be allowed to leave the room. I doubt they would be allowed to make any copies. At best, maybe they would be able to take notes. Even police officers cannot simply check out evidence once it’s recorded as evidence. Even if they gathered and submitted it to the evidence room. From a legal standpoint, that’s a no no.
But if I understand the Trump lawyers’ statements, even this is unacceptable to Trump. Only he gets to decide before anyone else has access.
ETA. Between Trump and Cohen, there’s too many frikkin’ lawyers here, seemingly all working at cross purposes.
duh
Don’t worry. At $500 per hour, give or take, these attorneys can be expected to file and file away. There’s no penalty for being wrong, and, if it’s billable, it must be right!
good thread from “popehat” summarizing things to watch for in the hearing:
Nice. I like to do a version of that: asking the other side to produce all email correspondence, when my client already has copies of the correspondence. Comparing the two piles makes it obvious what the other side is withholding.