Posted on 07/20/2018 3:04:16 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
Cohen’s lawyers claimed earlier this year that 4,085 of the 887,000 documents that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seized from his office and residence involved communications with President Trump and were protected by attorney-client privilege. Jordan agreed with 2,633 of those claims — some 64.4%.
The other documents — 14,52 in all — will go to the FBI. According to lawandcrime.com, Cohen’s lawyers still felt that 22 of those ought to have been protected by attorney-client privilege, but said that they would not pursue their objections to those in court.
Attorney-client privilege protects communications from a client to his or her attorney. The attorney may not reveal any of those communications and cannot be compelled to do so by the government — unless they may have been made in furtherance of a crime.
The fact that the special master allowed one-third of the challenged documents to go to the government does not necessarily mean that they are evidence of a crime. It simply means that the privilege would not apply — which could happen for a wide variety of reasons. For example, if a third person was present for a discussion, or carbon-copied on an email, that could mean that the client could not expect the attorney-client privilege to apply.
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Privilege is not Cohen’s to claim. It belongs exclusively to the client, ie. Donald Trump. It cannot be waived by the lawyer or violated by the government. Felonies are being committed by Mueller and his hit team in accessing and leaking privileged information. The whole gang needs to be permanently shut down and Mueller jailed for abuse of power.
No doubt you are correct. I think Mueller wants Trump to fire him and they will try to bring other charges. Conspiracy. Which of course what the prosecution, press and the ComDems are actively doing now.
Fedbeast is the Cheka, without balls.
Agreed. A complete mole and quisling.
Fedbeast is still a monster Bureaucracy.
Cheka was bureaucrap too. But they controlled Life or Death for generations.
Totalitarianism in all form is Evil.
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