Dumber than a box of rocks, just like his three compadres.

BTW - LOVE your sig line!!

Props to Poul Anderson for the sig line.

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Can't blame you, there was a lot of popcorn eating today. And damn, it's just Monday.

his name would be revealed.

woops he already had!

-- a commenter on TalkingPointsMemo

Oh what a world!!!!

Put a dollar in Cohen's pocket.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x15nfmd

Hannity's tweet does not say either #1 or #2. Why his tweet would be #3 I have no idea. I don't listen to his show so I have no idea about either #4 or #5.

A lawyer does not have to "represent in a matter" someone or get "fees" to be their lawyer for legal advice. That advice is privileged.

So there is no Attorney-Client Privilege.

If a lawyer is used as a consultant they are not representing the client, hence no privilege. When Lawrence Tribe or Alan Dershowitz go on air to pontificate, there is no Privilege.

Further, Attorney-Client Privilege belongs to the client, not the attorney. If the "client" or person using their services breaks the privilege and talks about the work or the advice, that is their right and the attorney can't do it. But an attorney actually representing a client is not allowed to break the Privilege without the client's permission.

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1) Hannity said Cohen is not his lawyer. Cohen said in court (or his attorney said for him in court) that he is Hannity's lawyer. Hence Cohen lied in court.

2) Since Hannity is not a client any Hannity docs seized are not Privileged or protected. They do not need to be held back more than a fraction of a second by the Taint team checking them.

4) Hannity has reported on the Cohen stories (there are multiple stories involving him) on air and did not disclose the connection. He can't claim to be fair and balanced when he behaves like that. If he wants to pretend to be an unbiased journalist he is being unethical. (I don't watch. Only seen about 5 minutes last year. But I trust the reports on Hannity that I've read.)

A third party has nothing to do with it. If someone comes to me and says "I murdered someone, what are my options?" then the lawyer client privilege applies even though I am not representing them and there is no third party. What that person tweets is completely irrelevant.

The government is the third party. Just because they haven't noticed yet doesn't mean they don't have an interest.

When a person admits a crime (even falsely), automatically ACP becomes operative because a third party (the government) automatically has an interest.

Abramson is very relevant and has been making relevant tweets for months and months.

And will use that education to keep one step ahead.

No way some rube like Mueller or any other DOJ lawyer can out think him.

Discussions can be classified as attorney-client privilege even if uncompensated. Depends on the understanding of the two parties and what is discussed.

That is a LOT to accomplish with very few words.

Link to tweet

Michael Cohen has never represented me in any matter. I never retained him, received an invoice, or paid legal fees. I have occasionally had brief discussions with him about legal questions about which I wanted his input and perspective.

Dump ass Cohen got thrown under the bus, again by his client.

Who knew a porn star has such power.

Just like his pal Trump.

Now we see why Hannity defends him so much. Hannity probably has a sex scandal he is trying to cover up, too.

It is another dagger in the argument that cohen's files should be suppressed due to privilege concerns........

Hannity claimed that he had discussions with Cohen about legal matters. That can be enough to invoke attorney client privilege.