Was that 1% that was privileged just privileged between Cohen and Trump, or did the court respect Cohen's privilege with ALL of his other clients, too, before turning over documents?
I wonder how it was leaked that Hannity was a client of Cohen's, unless Cohen-Hannity privileged documents were turned over?
Generally speaking, wouldn't one think that a majority of documents in a lawyer's office is privileged communication between the lawyer and some client, and not just 1% of documents?
-PJ
Cohen had virtually no other clients but Trump. The vast bulk of his documents related to non-legal matters (including his taxi business).
I wonder how it was leaked that Hannity was a client of Cohen's, unless Cohen-Hannity privileged documents were turned over?
Hannity himself was the one who publicly claimed he was Cohen's client. It turned out that they had had a few phone calls, but nothing was ever put into writing; there wasn't even a retained agreement between them.
Generally speaking, wouldn't one think that a majority of documents in a lawyer's office is privileged communication between the lawyer and some client, and not just 1% of documents?
Like I said, Cohen was in the taxi business, not the law business, except for some work for Trump and the Trump Organization. And even some of that work was non-legal in nature.