WH lawyers could be on the hook for Michael Cohen's perjury.

[DetlefK]

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/03/white-house-lawyers-could-be-in-quite-serious-trouble-after-cohen-delivers-testimony-edits-to-congress-ex-federal-prosecutor/

“”Michael Cohen is getting ready to testify on the Hill. His attorney writes a statement, I’m told, and Michael then edits it, and then it’s circulated among the other attorneys because they all had a joint defense agreement,” Borger said, outlining the context. “It was Ivanka and Jared’s attorneys, and the president’s attorneys, etcetera and everybody makes their little red pencil inputs on it, and that is the testimony Michael gives.”

...

“If the lawyers in changing his testimony actually changed the facts, that’s quite serious for the lawyers. It’s unlikely given the caliber of these lawyers, but that is a question I would want to know with respect to that.”

[Grasswire2]

1. Was McGahn involved in that?

Sekulow?

Who?

[RockRaven]

3. Cohen mentioned by name Sekulow and Lowell (Jared's lawyer) during the hearing

if I am remembering correctly.

[Grasswire2]

4. thank you nt

[empedocles]

6. Reportedly, MxGahan has refused some of trump's orders - and has spent hours with Mueller

[empedocles]

2. Very interesting, vulnerable area.

It is one thing for a lawyer to suspect the client is not telling the truth; more involvement than that gets more complicated. Lawyers defensible 'zeal' for the client v. 'officer of the court'.

. . . and if trump is involved . . . well . . . alleged 'caliber of the lawyers' . . . hmmm . . .

[fleur-de-lisa]

5. Might be hard to prove:

Renato Mariotti ✔@renato_mariotti

Prosecutors would have to show that the attorneys knew that the content was false for them to be implicated in suborning perjury. As for Trump, they would have to show that he was personally aware of what his attorneys were doing and directed them to do so.

Link to tweet

[DetlefK]

7. Seriously?

A lawyer manipulates the testimony of his client, the client goes to jail for perjury and the lawyer just walks away scot-free?

"Oopsie!"