Posted on 06/13/2018 7:45:26 AM PDT by GIdget2004
As attorneys for Michael Cohen rush to meet Judge Kimba Wood’s Friday deadline to complete a privilege review of over 3.7 million documents seized in the April 9 raids of Cohen’s New York properties and law office, a source representing this matter has disclosed to ABC News that the law firm handling the case for Cohen is not expected to represent him going forward.
To date, Cohen has been represented by Stephen Ryan and Todd Harrison of the Washington and New York firm, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP.
No replacement counsel has been identified as of this time.
Cohen, now with no legal representation, is likely to cooperate with federal prosecutors in New York, sources said. This development, which is believed to be imminent, will likely hit the White House, family members, staffers and counsels hard.
After the federal raids on Cohen’s properties, President Trump lashed out in a tweet, writing, “Attorney-client privilege is dead!”
He told reporters at the White House that the move against his longtime personal attorney, which he likened to a break-in, was a “disgraceful situation.”
“It’s an attack on our country in a true sense. It’s an attack on all we stand for,” the president said during a meeting with senior military leadership at the White House. “That is really now on a whole new level of unfairness.”
Cohen then went to federal court in Manhattan arguing that his attorneys should be given a first look at the materials seized in the raids for items potentially covered by attorney-client privilege before federal prosecutors could examine the haul.
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If Wood had a sense of propriety, she would have declined to take the case because of the obvious conflict of interest.
“Sources” = Fake News
How many times will Freepers get fooled by the word “Sources” from the Fake Stream News????
Sources from the Enemy Media 9 out of 10 times means “made up” by the media to put out bad news on President Trump.
Keep in mind Freepers President Trump had a huge victory over the last 72 hours. Lots of good news for President Trump and the media / Deep State can’t stand it!
These same clowns in the media tried to say the Summit would not happen and if it did a failure. Now they are trying to spin it and it’s was nothing..., weak agreement and Kim won. Even as they say this they know the majority of the public does not agree with them.
So after their illegal raid on President Trump’s former lawyer. That’s a complete violation of Attorney / Client privallage and would never hold up in court on the raid alone. Muller knows this but needed something and the headlines. It was a gamble in other words. Anyhow, now the same Fake Stream News say that “Sources (means made up by the media...they are lying)” say that Cohen will flip on what?
So you have to ask yourself why this and why now? Answer, the Inspection General report is due tomorrow on President Trump’s 71st birthday. They want to cover it with this FAKE NEWS.
President Trump knows this and that’s why he is calling them the Enemy. They work against the Will of the American people and for the Deep State.
Oh and as for Zucker at CNN. He was already given a new contract by Time Warner before the AT&T Time Warner Merger. That does not mean he can’t be fired. All it means is Zucker will get paid. AT&T wants to get rid of CNN. They know they are toxic and do not make money. I’m not sure what will happen to CNN but it’s basically dead. Zucker getting a contract for a year in a half is irrelevant.
This story became fake news almost faster than the SHS quitting story. They got two fake newsies in less than 24 hours.
The OIG report must be a doozy.
Thanks Larry.
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