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Alan Dershowitz on the Michael Cohen raid: Its a tactic generally used against organized crime, against very serious, very serious criminals and lawyers who are operating outside of the protections of the law.
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/feds-are-treating-michael-cohen-like-a-mob-lawyer-trump-allies-say
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YessirAtsaFact
(2,064 posts)Real estate is just like olive oil.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)Louder please, Alan, I cant hear you!
Its a tactic generally used against organized crime, against very serious, very serious criminals and lawyers...
SonofDonald
(2,050 posts)By explaining what's just been done is only used against the worst of the worst criminals.
Thanks Alan!
You stupid fuck.
The crime-fraud exception would eviscerate attorney-client privilege. Communications by a client to his or her attorney for the purposes of seeking legal advice are generally privileged and may not be disclosed to third parties -- including a court -- unless an exception applies. Communications made for the purpose of committing a crime or fraud, however, are not privileged and their production to the court may be compelled.
This may be whats going on here.
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)and learns just half of what Trump & Co. have been up to. He's been in deeep, deep denial. I'd like to think he's not such a suck-up that he sticks to that forever.
gibraltar72
(7,505 posts)czarjak
(11,278 posts)Hamlette
(15,412 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)What the HELL has this guy been up to, and how did he ever expect to get away with his (hypothetical, at this point) misdeeds?
Hassler
(3,379 posts)generalbetrayus
(507 posts)should not really be a surprise. He's one of the reasons I've been calling Donald Trump "Don Trumpleone" ever since he was elected pResident.
blake2012
(1,294 posts)elmac
(4,642 posts)or the Sapranos. That's what the dummies get when the elect an actor/con artist
Wednesdays
(17,380 posts)I have the feeling Dershowitz won't be near the top of the list of replacements!
On edit: I stand corrected.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210475472