Alan Dershowitz just told Sean Hannity on air that he should have disclosed Michael Cohen was his lawyer when he defended him on his show.
President Donald Trump and his longtime attorney Michael Cohen both lost a court challenge related to the FBI’s seizure of Cohen’s documents they both claim are protected by attorney-client privilege.
Cohen had asked a federal judge for a temporary restraining order to stop federal prosecutors in Manhattan from viewing the information seized by the FBI until an independent third party, called a “special master,” be allowed to sort out what is protected by attorney-client privilege.
Similarly, Trump’s own legal representation in this case, Joanna Hendon, filed a letter on Sunday night asking the judge to give Cohen’s team first-access to the material.
“It’s not that you’re not good people,” Wood told Cohen’s attorneys on Monday afternoon, near the end of the two-hour proceeding. “It’s that you’ve miscited the law.”
“I have faith in the Southern District U.S. Attorney’s office that their integrity is unimpeachable,” Judge Wood said. “I think that a taint team is a viable option.”
On Friday, Judge Wood asked Cohen’s attorneys how they could argue that “thousands” of seized documents could be privileged while they refused to provide a list of Cohen’s clients to the court.
Those clients, it has now been revealed, include Trump, Republican fundraiser Elliot Broidy, and Fox News host Sean Hannity, who had asked not to be named. Cohen’s team claimed in the Monday filing that Hannity’s identity was protected under attorney-client privilege, but the U.S. Attorney’s office disagreed, alleging that Cohen’s team was simply employing a delaying tactic.
“Cohen has more attorneys than he has clients,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas McKay quipped.
After much discussion, Wood ruled that the name must be publicly disclosed immediately.
“The client’s name is Sean Hannity,” replied Todd Harrison, Cohen’s attorney. The room erupted in laughter.
here were audible gasps and one shout of “holy shit” when Hannity’s name was revealed on the courtroom. I ran outside. I’ve emailed Hannity and he has yet to respond.
these idiots are so careless. How hard is it to find a different lawyer? Or maybe that's the point. It gave Hannity a boner to know he had the same lawyer as POTUS
Or he's got some greasy shit to hide and needed a fixer. It takes a special kind of scumbag lawyer to be willing to cover up crimes, etc.
Sometimes you don't need a Criminal lawyer, you need a criminal Lawyer.
You're most probably right.
Everyone will assume some type of sex scandal since that's the common denominator among Cohen's other two clients.
Apparently Hannity's afternoon radio show was a treat today
Alan Dershowitz just told Sean Hannity on air that he should have disclosed Michael Cohen was his lawyer when he defended him on his show.
I doubt they'll show that clip on their website. Last week Dershowitz agreed with Hannity on something and it was shown everywhere by them.
Dershowitz somehow got Von Bulow off on an appeal. He's no dummy.
these idiots are so careless. How hard is it to find a different lawyer? Or maybe that's the point. It gave Hannity a boner to know he had the same lawyer as POTUS
I think he thought the $10 would give him attorney-client priveleges.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he won’t be holding a vote on legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired by President Donald Trump, essentially killing the bipartisan bill.
McConnell tells Fox News that the measure’s “not necessary” despite a push by Republican and Democratic senators to bring it forward.
McConnell says, “We’ll not be having this on the floor of the Senate.”
He says there’s “no indication” Trump will fire Mueller — and even if Congress was able to pass the legislation, he doubts the president will sign it.
McConnell says, “I don’t think he should fire Mueller, and I don’t think he’s going to, so this is a piece of legislation that’s not necessary, in my judgment.”