Posted on 04/04/2019 5:14:32 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
A lawyer representing President Trump's former attorney, Michael Cohen, said Thursday that his client's expected surrender to federal authorities in a month for the beginning of his prison term would adversely affect congressional committees which could benefit from his testimony and procurement of documents.
Lanny Davis wrote in an emailed statement Thursday evening that Cohen had recently obtained a hard drive containing "14 million files" related to his personal business and the Trump Organization which investigators could be interested in viewing, while cautioning that Cohen heading to prison would disrupt his ability to provide Congress with information.
"Michael Cohen’s recent public and closed-door testimony to Congressional committees has triggered additional areas for investigation by law enforcement authorities and the Congress," Davis wrote.
"In fact, Mr. Cohen has recently obtained a hard drive with 14 million files from his computers and phones over the past 10 years, which we believe has significant value to the various congressional oversight and investigation committees," Davis continued. "Yet Michael Cohen is the only person in the Trump organization who has been prosecuted."
"The actions against Mr. Cohen appears to be selective prosecution and the sentence imposed is a disproportionate one," Cohen's attorney concluded. "For him to surrender in 30 days would be a detriment to committees search for truth, as well as a miscarriage of justice."
Cohen is set to head begin a three-year prison sentence for various financial crimes and campaign finance violations for which he pleaded guilty last November.
The longtime associate of Trump, who has disavowed his former attorney and accused him of lying to Congess in an attempt to shorten his prison sentence by showing cooperation with investigators, testified in front of the House Oversight and Reform Committee last month, during which he characterized his former boss as a "con man" and a "racist."
Cohen the encyclopedia of useless information
Apparently the only way to maintain attorney-client privilege or tax return privacy is to murder people who cross you, the way the Clintons do.
They forgot to say that scumbag Lanny Davis is Hillary’s lawyer
Were Cohen and Davis both absent when privileged client communications was covered in the first year of law school?
Typical defense tactic before sentencing. The House has no authority to reduce Cohen’s sentence even if they wanted too, the best they could do is request the Justice Department do it, which is DOA with Barr in charge. As for the 14 million files being a simple compilation of what was on his phone and computers, I can guarantee the FBI already has these and has had them since the day his office was raided.
Oh, are you “concerned” about this? The Hill of trash is spewing it, and it’s so “concerning.”
So he’s been withholding evidence? Calling Robert Mueller!!
He’s been in custody but RECENTLY discovered hard drives. I wonder where he DISCOVERED this new information. This is Hillary and Soros. They believed they had Trump dead to right. Now they’re kicking themselves and screaming “We didn’t fabricate enough evidence, damn it! Someone’s going down for this!”
They forgot to say that scumbag Lanny Davis is Hillary’s lawyer
Videos of Stormy and him ‘doing it’ while peeing on the bed and singing Russian love songs...hmmm, perhaps Nader should jump on the offer.
The real question is why Lanny Davis isn’t doing time
the FEDS confiscated everything else...how did they miss this stuff ?
This is an old trick, just like the serial killer who tries to get his sentence postponed or reduced in exchange for disclosing where the bodies were buried. Ultimately, the killer gets what he wants and then gives them bad information but if they’ll make another deal, this time he’ll really give them the right details.
Lanny Davis sold him up the river.
Who knows more, Cohen or Schiff?
So many questions. So few answers.
The president has had a weak Doj for the last 26 months and no sign that will change as the top democrat criminals remain free. Ask yourself why Clinton and Obama and lynch haven’t been arrested for a coup attempt. The answer to that will answer all your questions an\bout underlings.
Hillary's emails?
Pakistani Lanny never fails to disappoint.
What a sleaze bag.
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