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Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's mystery client is Fox News host Sean Hannity
CNBC ^ | April 16, 2018 | by Dan Mangan, Kevin Breuninger

Posted on 04/16/2018 12:04:41 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

An unnamed client of Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's longtime personal attorney, is Fox News host Sean Hannity.

The revelation came after U.S. District Court judge Kimba Wood ordered Cohen to disclose the name in a court hearing on Monday.

In an earlier court filing Monday morning, lawyers for Cohen refused to identify the recent client — one of three people Cohen represented between 2017 and 2018. The lawyers also refused to identify the names of other past clients.

Lawyers for Cohen — whose business records were seized by FBI agents April 9 — said the then-unnamed client had told Cohen not to disclose his name and that they believed Cohen had a duty not to disclose it.

They also said that if Cohen's clients, other than Trump, were publicly revealed, it is "likely to be embarrassing or detrimental to the client."

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cohen; comey; coup; deepstate; hannity; kimbawood; michaelcohen; michaelcohenhannity; mueller; notruth; seanhannity; skeletonsincloset; thefixer; thetruthisoutthere; trump; witchhunt
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To: clintonh8r; morphing libertarian
If he was not a client of Cohen’s, which he has stated, what would he have had to disclose? And if he were a client of Cohen, why should he disclose it?

Exactly! Either way Hannity should be filing law suits.

121 posted on 04/16/2018 2:53:43 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

There has to be some pushback by someone against these tactics.


122 posted on 04/16/2018 2:59:34 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: GOPe Means Bend Over Spell Run

And then stomped on by every lawyer in town until they’re a pile of bloody goo. Then pissed on. How dare they.


124 posted on 04/16/2018 3:03:56 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: All

The enemies within have attacked USA government and key pro-constitution USAians.

Sure seems to be an act of war by our enemies.

(He) the unconstitutional elements which occupy most of DC, who are even now busy sediting a proper elected USA President and constitutional requirements of separation of powers, due process, warrant without cause and search and seizure of in search of an offense. Striving mightily to bring USA under their laws in contradiction of our constitutiion and unlawful representation thereof.
(Their) We The People, the sovereign citizens of USA, per our founding fathers, recognize:

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
...
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good
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He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.
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He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation
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For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments
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He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers
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125 posted on 04/16/2018 3:20:59 PM PDT by veracious (UN = OIC = Islam ; Dems may change USAgov completely, just amend USConstitution)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wow, losing faith in the judiciary. Forcing him to name his clients. Fascism in the bench.


126 posted on 04/16/2018 3:29:05 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: morphing libertarian

“Can someone explain how it is not dishonest for Hannitty to not have disclosed this since he is living off daily coverage of the story?”

Sure, here’s your explanation:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.


127 posted on 04/16/2018 3:29:19 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: Telepathic Intruder; Oldeconomybuyer
"None of this is legal. The FBI can’t just shake people down looking for evidence. They need evidence first."

Your right, the whole thing is an assault on our legal system.

However, they're doing it with impunity...so far. They're certainly not going to stop themselves.

128 posted on 04/16/2018 3:29:56 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: Sarah Barracuda
Well “Whoopie”, Sean Hannity talked with a lawyer. BIG DEAL, many of us talk with lawyers all the time. Good thing Cohen is a friend of Hannity, Comey could have charged Hannity some obnoxious fee for giving so legal advise him advice as is commonly done by a lot of lawyers.
129 posted on 04/16/2018 3:31:55 PM PDT by DaveA37
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Outside of keeping lawyer info private... what’s wrong with Hannity talking to Cohen?

They’d love to do Hannity in... but he can talk to anyone he wants... and the fact they are leaking or revealing what is in Cohen’s private practice... is the illegal thing that is going on!!

IF they don’t do something to hillary and barack.. I’m gonna’ explode. They are trying to paralyze our President and make sure no other man worth his salt.. or doesn’t belong to the deep state.. will ever run for that office!


130 posted on 04/16/2018 3:33:15 PM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I remember Attorney-Client privilege.

It’s a now-discarded concept that what is said between an attorney and his client are privileged and sacrosanct.

No longer.


131 posted on 04/16/2018 3:36:44 PM PDT by Lazamataz (What America needs is more Hogg control.)
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To: morphing libertarian

I agree with you that Hannity should have disclosed that he has a relationship with Cohen. I feel it calls his credibility into question; particularly as it would have been such an easy thing to do, but the fact he did not do it makes it look shady.

Hannity is a long-time pro and should have known better. If it were, let’s say Maddow or “Tingle-Leg” Matthews, and Barry Soetoro’s lawyer Hannity himself would have been all over them.

Not unethical, not illegal, just kind of dumb and dissapointing. Particularly so because it just injects so much more noise into what is already a massive pile of garbage Conservatives have to deal with in America.


132 posted on 04/16/2018 3:37:50 PM PDT by Taipei
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To: Trumpisourlastchance
I have never seen anything like this in my life. It feels like we are in East Germany.

In 2005, I wrote "First we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them."

All that's left now, is the formation of the Gulags and the subsequent roundups.

133 posted on 04/16/2018 3:39:32 PM PDT by Lazamataz (What America needs is more Hogg control.)
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To: DaveA37

Mueller could care less about Sean Hannity or Michael Cohen..this is ALL about trying to unsit an elected United States President..by destroying ANYONE associated with President Donald Trump..his friends, his family, his administration..if you looked at Trump and smiled at him 10 years ago, Mueller will go after you


134 posted on 04/16/2018 3:40:22 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; All

Since Mueller is allowed to raid President Trump’s office, then how come President Trump does not raid Mueller’s office.

This is not a one way street.


135 posted on 04/16/2018 3:45:53 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The FBI has become America’s nightmare.


136 posted on 04/16/2018 3:47:31 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hannity is a great person. I will follow his ethic.


137 posted on 04/16/2018 3:52:22 PM PDT by Rapscallion (The opposite of charity is called justice.)
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To: morphing libertarian

English much?

I am uncertain how a blind defense can be transparent, but the Bible speaks of removing a speck in your neighbors eye while ignoring the log in your own. Sean Hannity’s relationship with Cohen is certainly the comparative speck in this discussion. If it bothers you greatly, perhaps you should assess your priorities.


138 posted on 04/16/2018 3:54:59 PM PDT by TN4Liberty (My tagline disappeared so this is my new one.)
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To: Taipei
Reporter's sources aren't privileged anymore?

Attorney client privilege.

Reporter's confidential sources.

Doctor-patient confidentiality. (up next)

139 posted on 04/16/2018 4:01:28 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Do you get the feeling liberals/democrats are waging scorched earth warfare on Americans.... and they have been doing so for years.

Or are liberals/democrats just fanatics who are blinded by their own hatreds and biases as to the real reasons why their candidate lost and cannot accept defeat graciously?

140 posted on 04/16/2018 4:04:04 PM PDT by Rapscallion (The opposite of charity is called justice.)
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