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POTUS 45.31: "The Caravan is Coming.""The Caravan is Coming."

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SJHovey said:
I'm not even talking about the raid. I was addressing issues relating to the public disclosure of a client's name, I think in open court, and whether that should be protected by attorney/client privilege.
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Again, Hannity was not a client of attorney Cohen- as he admits.
 
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SJHovey said:
I'm not even talking about the raid. I was addressing issues relating to the public disclosure of a client's name, I think in open court, and whether that should be protected by attorney/client privilege.
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Not really sure why you and Sicatoka are flipping out over Hannity. If the steps were illegal, I'm sure a ton of bricks will be landing on those responsible.

Besides Hannity has been guilty of this kind of behavior himself for decades.

alfablue said:
Hannity has clearly stated that Cohen was not hired as a lawyer. So the idea of client privilege don't exactly apply-

Here's what he said-


Probably hired as a fixer, which I doubt has any protections. Read Hannity's tweets.
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100%. That was very specific verbage. He used him alright and there is probably no client privilege issue as a result of Hannity's approach necessitated by trying to cover his tracks.
 
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So Cohen was Hannity's bag man.
And Hannity is dumb enough to admit it.


That said, it is better or worse that Hannity's name as (whatdayacallit?) a friend, not a client, of Cohen is released?
 
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5mn_Major said:
Cause heaven knows, Hannity has never used "guilt by association" himself.
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Subtle, but very finite, difference between a talking head doing that and a prosecutor with the power to convict and jail.
 
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The Sicatoka said:
You use the the law firm of Howe, Dewey, Cheatham, and Wynne* for your real estate transactions, your will, your power of attorney documents.
HDCW comes under investigation for criminality regarding covering up sexual misconduct of clients.
Your name is released as an HDCW client by the investigators.
That's not dangerous ground?



*Not to be confused with Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe.
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Every single association we have, action we take or face we present to the public can be misconstrued. That's the risks of interacting with the rest of society. If I see someone wearing a Red Sox cap or Celtics gear I may misconstrue them as an insufferable jerk, because they all are. Then I remember one of my favorite uncles was from New England and a big BoSox and Celts fan.
 
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alfablue said:
Hannity has clearly stated that Cohen was not hired as a lawyer. So the idea of client privilege don't exactly apply-

Here's what he said-


Probably hired as a fixer, which I doubt has any protections. Read Hannity's tweets.
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If he didn't hire Cohen then there isn't going to be a privilege issue.

However, if he was hired as a "fixer", then I don't think it's so clear.

Candidly, that's what a lot of lawyers are hired to do. They are not just hired to show up in court and argue a case to a jury. They are hired to clean up problems for clients.

If you go hire Guido as your fixer, probably no attorney client privilege, just some broken knee caps. But if you hire a lawyer as your fixer, my guess is that at the very minimum you are entering into some gray areas as to attorney client privilege.
 
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The Sicatoka said:
You use the the law firm of Howe, Dewey, Cheatham, and Wynne* for your real estate transactions, your will, your power of attorney documents.
HDCW comes under investigation for criminality regarding covering up sexual misconduct of clients.
Your name is released as an HDCW client by the investigators.
That's not dangerous ground?



*Not to be confused with Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe.
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why should anyone care if it's revealed who their lawyer is?

especially if they're not doing anything wrong.
 
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rufus said:
why should anyone care if it's revealed who their lawyer is?

especially if they're not doing anything wrong.
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This probably happens more frequently than Sic even realizes anyway. He's only concerned because a well known and upstanding conservative like Hannity is having his good name drug through the swamp. I'm sure he was just as up in arms when Clinton faced all that unfortunate legal scrutiny, even though the authorities concluded she committed absolutely no offenses that could be prosecuted.

All kidding aside, I can see why the notion may cause some discomfort for someone, even if they've done nothing wrong and retained some particular attorney's services for absolutely legal and ethical reasons. But in about 90 minutes I am going to hit the interstate for my drive home, and somebody may rear end my car. I guess if I want to suffer no possible disruptions in my life I need to buy a lot of canned goods, a good can opener and go find a remote cave where I can live out the rest of my life.

Sic's problem is he picks and chooses who to be sympathetic towards based on the political affiliation first and foremost. Sort of like how all those ammosexuals revere the 2nd amendment to the point of multiple orgasms, but seem to take no particular interest in most of the rest of the constitution. Except maybe for pining for the days when black people only counted for 3/5ths.
 
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When you associate with people like trump, who files for bankruptcy for sport, is famous for not paying those he owes, and is notorious for being a liar and a sleazeball, you can’t be too shocked when all of a sudden your name is suddenly being mentioned in questionable contexts
 
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Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
When you associate with people like trump, who files for bankruptcy for sport, is famous for not paying those he owes, and is notorious for being a liar and a sleazeball, you can’t be too shocked when all of a sudden your name is suddenly being mentioned in questionable contexts
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My mom used to say to us as a warning all the time "... the company that you keep."
 
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SJHovey said:
If he didn't hire Cohen then there isn't going to be a privilege issue.

However, if he was hired as a "fixer", then I don't think it's so clear.

Candidly, that's what a lot of lawyers are hired to do. They are not just hired to show up in court and argue a case to a jury. They are hired to clean up problems for clients.

If you go hire Guido as your fixer, probably no attorney client privilege, just some broken knee caps. But if you hire a lawyer as your fixer, my guess is that at the very minimum you are entering into some gray areas as to attorney client privilege.
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Dude, go read Hannity's tweets. He clearly didn't hire him as a lawyer nor for legal-ish things. No idea what it was, but it was not being a lawyer in any shape.

You can keep making up some kind of excuse, but Hannity clearly admits that it's not that.
 
alfablue said:
Dude, go read Hannity's tweets. He clearly didn't hire him as a lawyer nor for legal-ish things. No idea what it was, but it was not being a lawyer in any shape.

You can keep making up some kind of excuse, but Hannity clearly admits that it's not that.
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I get my daily quota of gibberish here. I don’t need to read that dip*****s tweets.
 
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SJHovey said:
I get my daily quota of gibberish here. I don’t need to read that dip*****s tweets.
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Then accept the fact that Hannity is dumb enough to admit that there's no attorney-client privilege. If he kept quiet, the conspiracy crowd would have had something to hang their smelly feces on, but he just swallowed it.
 
The Sicatoka said:
So investigating a lawyer now allows for naming every single client that lawyer has represented?

"We think Perry Mason defrauded Joe Schmoe and the city on a jay-walking case he respresented on. Let's get all of Mason's client files and find out everything about the rest of Mason's clients. Who knows ... some other names and clients and cases may 'leak' out."

Something about that comes off as very wrong.


Who here's been divorced* and had the settlement sealed? Would you want those documents swept up in what you thought were privileged attorney/client files and released in such a manner?


*Nope.
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I think it's funny that your average Republican is more indignant about this than the average attorney.
 
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The Sicatoka said:
So Cohen was Hannity's bag man.
And Hannity is dumb enough to admit it.


That said, it is better or worse that Hannity's name as (whatdayacallit?) a friend, not a client, of Cohen is released?
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Why does it matter if someone who isnt a client has his name released? There is no privilege there. Seriously your Flaggy Wannabe Act is pretty awful.

BTW my guess is Hannity covered up something similar to what O'Reilly covered up...which lets just say the Evangelicals would not be pleased with.
 
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SJHovey said:
If he didn't hire Cohen then there isn't going to be a privilege issue.

However, if he was hired as a "fixer", then I don't think it's so clear.

Candidly, that's what a lot of lawyers are hired to do. They are not just hired to show up in court and argue a case to a jury. They are hired to clean up problems for clients.

If you go hire Guido as your fixer, probably no attorney client privilege, just some broken knee caps. But if you hire a lawyer as your fixer, my guess is that at the very minimum you are entering into some gray areas as to attorney client privilege.
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In this case though Hannity is flat out saying he was not hired in a legal capacity and wasnt paid as such. Unless he changes his tune it doesnt matter how you slice it there is no privilege.
 
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The Sicatoka said:
Subtle, but very finite, difference between a talking head doing that and a prosecutor with the power to convict and jail.
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Yeah. And a prosecutor goes to jail if he does "guilt by association" under the wrong circumstances. Some talking heads do largely the same for a living. From a karma standpoint, this isn't even half of what Hannity deserves.
 
unofan said:
I think it's funny that your average Republican is more indignant about this than the average attorney.
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This. This times a million.

If there was something to hang their hat on regarding attorney-client privilege, the ACLU would be first in line.


In MLB terms, after consulting the replay, the runner [Cohen] is determined to be out on the play. The offending team yells from the dugout but continues to play the game [GOP]. And the drunks in the bleachers [Deplorables] are still b*tching about the play three innings later.
 
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