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Kingofalldems

(38,458 posts) Mon Apr 9, 2018, 04:45 PM Apr 2018

Can Michael Cohen flip on Trump?

I know the attorney client thing but is there a loophole?

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Can Michael Cohen flip on Trump? (Original Post) Kingofalldems Apr 2018 OP

Yes. 3_Limes Apr 2018 #1

Boom, thanks. Kingofalldems Apr 2018 #3

Attorneys may not perform illegal actions for their clients marylandblue Apr 2018 #2

Trump is sweating bullets now. Kingofalldems Apr 2018 #4

Either way, just the raid is going to make it harder for Trump to find attorneys in future Pope George Ringo II Apr 2018 #7

He could flip, depending on how many short hairs are in the pincers. shraby Apr 2018 #5

He could, but it wouldn't do him much good, I think... Wounded Bear Apr 2018 #6

3_Limes

(363 posts)

1. Yes.

Reply to Kingofalldems (Original post)

Mon Apr 9, 2018, 04:49 PM

Apr 2018

Not exactly a 'loophole. Attorney-client privilege does not extend to, or cover, the concealing of crimes.

Kingofalldems

(38,458 posts)

3. Boom, thanks.

Reply to 3_Limes (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 9, 2018, 04:50 PM

Apr 2018

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)

2. Attorneys may not perform illegal actions for their clients

Reply to Kingofalldems (Original post)

Mon Apr 9, 2018, 04:49 PM

Apr 2018

And such activities are not protected by privilege. So if Cohen did something illegal for Trump, he has the choice of going to jail himself for a long time, or cutting a deal and turning on Trump for a lighter sentence.

Kingofalldems

(38,458 posts)

4. Trump is sweating bullets now.

Reply to marylandblue (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 9, 2018, 04:51 PM

Apr 2018

Pope George Ringo II

(1,896 posts)

7. Either way, just the raid is going to make it harder for Trump to find attorneys in future

Reply to marylandblue (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 9, 2018, 05:49 PM

Apr 2018

His reputation in legal circles had nowhere to go but up, and he still found a way to keep digging.

shraby

(21,946 posts)

5. He could flip, depending on how many short hairs are in the pincers.

Reply to Kingofalldems (Original post)

Mon Apr 9, 2018, 05:21 PM

Apr 2018

Wounded Bear

(58,656 posts)

6. He could, but it wouldn't do him much good, I think...

Reply to Kingofalldems (Original post)

Mon Apr 9, 2018, 05:23 PM

Apr 2018

He's probably well on the way to being disbarred. Perhaps he can avoid a lengthy prison term. There has to be some serious culpability for a judge to issue a warrant on a law office.

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