Jul 21, 2018 · Mr. Trump complained on Twitter Saturday morning that an attorney recording a client's conversation is "inconceivable ." It is unclear why Mr. Trump's legal team would waive privilege, and the ...
Federal prosecutors may have executed this search warrant for the premises of an attorney because Cohen may be a subject of an investigation. But, as an attorney, he is also engaged in the practice of law on behalf of clients — clients whose privileged materials are now in the possession of federal agents.
Cohen's office potentially contains documents and communications to all his clients — not just Trump — that are privileged and confidential. The documents must be reviewed for privilege claims, and privileged documents are supposed to be returned to the attorney from whom they were seized.
But Cohen attorney Lanny Davis called the attack baseless, and ABC News' chief legal analyst also said Trump's lawyers may have difficulty backing up their claim. The president's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, told ABC News on Saturday that Cohen violated attorney-client privilege by releasing a tape of him discussing with Trump, ...
President Donald Trump's legal team is on the attack against former Trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, saying he violated attorney-client privilege by releasing a taped conversation of him and Trump about payments to a former Playboy model. But Cohen attorney Lanny Davis called the attack baseless, and ABC News' chief legal analyst also said ...
Raddatz asked Abrams and Chris Christie, a former US prosecutor and New Jersey governor who is an ABC News contributor, for their thoughts on the Trump team’s legal strategy in regard to Cohen. She noted that Giuliani called Cohen an “honest, honorable lawyer” on “This Week” in May.
Rudy Giuliani visits the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem, June 7, 2018. But Davis said the president's team "forfeited all confidentiality" when Giuliani talked publicly last week about the tape. “Mr. Giuliani seems to be confused," Davis said.