***Cohen defies court order, refuses to release names of his clients***

[workinclasszero]

Cohen defies court order, refuses to release names of his clients
A dangerous game.
JUDD LEGUM APR 16, 2018, 11:30 AM

On Friday, a federal judge ordered Michael Cohen to turn over a list of his clients to the court by 10 a.m Monday morning. U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood said she would make the list public since the identities of clients, in most instances, are not protected by attorney-client privilege.

Cohen’s clientele became an issue after the government raided his home, hotel room, and office on April 9th. At the time, Cohen sought a temporary restraining order to prohibit the government from reviewing any of the documents, claiming attorney-client privilege.

This morning, Cohen responded to Judge Wood’s order with a letter filed with the court shortly before the 10 a.m. deadline, in which he declared that he would not provide the names of any clients that weren’t already publicly available.

The judge has ordered Cohen to appear in court with his lawyer at 2 p.m. today.

https://thinkprogress.org/cohen-defies-court-order-refuses-to-release-names-of-his-clients-61fc4ffd9ad7/

[Botany]

1. Lock him up.

He is in contempt of court.

[unblock]

2. for the time being, it will be more like $1,000 per day. yawn.

[workinclasszero]

5. Damn right!

Do the perp walk Cohen!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. The mere fact that a lawyer represents a client is not covered

by the attorney-client privilege; the privilege relates only to communications between the lawyer and the client. I'm sure the judge will remind Mr. Cohen of that fact.

[LiberalFighter]

9. He will probably claim ignorance

and maybe thinking he is DT's attorney try to use executive privilege.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Any executive privilege claim by Trump or Cohen will crash and burn on takeoff.

United States v. Nixon put the nails in that coffin.

"To read the Article II powers of the President as providing an absolute privilege as against a subpoena essential to enforcement of criminal statutes on no more than a generalized claim of the public interest in confidentiality of nonmilitary and nondiplomatic discussions would upset the constitutional balance of 'a workable government' and gravely impair the role of the courts under Article III."

[grantcart]

14. It could be in rare circumstances where the nature if the

Attorney's practice would in itself be revealing what was likely discussed, for example an attorney that was exclusively handling divorce cases.

[spanone]

4. the trump folks give the finger to the rule of law at every possible opportunity

[workinclasszero]

8. The most lawless regime this country

has ever suffered under I think.

Dump and his crime family make Nixon look like a boy scout!

[NewJeffCT]

6. so, he is going to lose his claim

to review the documents, I would guess/

[rsdsharp]

7. No client

No privilege.

[SoCalMusicLover]

11. You Or I Would Be Taken To Jail For Contempt

He is privileged though, so the judge will probably scold him a bit, and he'll spend a nice night in his own bed.

[workinclasszero]

13. We will see soon

He has to appear in court at 2pm today unless he is going to defy the judge on that as well.

[mr_lebowski]

12. Word on the street is that the unnamed third 'client' is known only as Heisenberg ...

For reals though it probably looks more like:

Deripaska, Oleg
Yanucovych, Viktor
Agalarov, Aras

[Lucinda]

15. Cant release what you don't have?