I don’t understand Cooper’s incessant badgering of the lawyer and not letting him talk. It’s pretty standard for those in criminal cases to have their lawyer speak for them.
Also, Lakin’s lawyer needs a little better prepping for the line of defense that reporters are going to mount for Obama. These would be simple. The newspaper announcements don’t confirm a place of birth. The certification (not certificate) of live birth is redacted and has not been confirmed as genuine by the state of Hawaii. The statements made by Hawaii are not based on the original birth certificate. Simple.
Paul Jensen, Lakin’s lawyer, did slap down Cooper's citing Lingle, Okubo and Fukino by stating that they and the COLB would not be appearing in court during this criminal trial as their evidence was not admissible. That was his best defense offered, in my non-lawyer view, and to me it implied that he would be requesting discovery of Obama’s original HI vital records as the “best evidence” under the Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE).
With those original records, if he can get them, Jensen will not need to deal with the double hearsay of Lingle (Okubo told me what she saw in the file) or the hearsay of Okubo (this is what I saw in the file) or the COLB which is itself a form of hearsay exception evidence under the FRE.
This was not a proper interview but a staged ambush assault by Cooper on Lakin and Jensen consisting of false framing, testimony and documents allegedly verifying Obama’s HI birth.
Hopefully Rush and O’Reilly will be able to talk about this travesty now that CNN, not FOX has “brought the subject up.”
Cooper kept asking Lakin why he hadn't challenged other officer's orders when he hadn't seen their BCs and Lakin tried to explain the NBC POTUS requirement but couldn't get a word in with Cooper cutting off Jensen as he tried to interject with a legal explanation.
When Cooper let his guard down for a moment, Jensen did get to point out that Obama could end this whole situation by releasing his original hospital doctor-signed BC.
On the whole this appearance did little to advance Lakin’s case, because Cooper's “prevent defense” for Obama made sure of that, but it did get Lakin on one of the big three cable news networks for the first time, and the video will be all over the internet. Note also that Cooper had to admit and stated that Lakin has a distinguished and honorable record.
Maybe I can help. The lawyer is a lawyer, but Anderson Cooper is not a journalist...he is a government propagandist.