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kpete

(71,997 posts) Tue Apr 17, 2018, 05:01 PM Apr 2018

Bombshell: The Atlantic Has Probably Found The Reason Hannity Consulted Cohen And That Ain't All

Oh, the web in Trumpville is woven very tightly. Michael Cohen is not the only lawyer that Trump shares with Sean Hannity. Sean Hannity also employs Jay Sekulow and Victoria Toensing. Sekalow and Toensing sent a cease and desist letter to KFAQ a Tulsa radio station. The contents of the letter describe an allegation of sexual harassment by Sean Hannity. The Atlantic:

Sean Hannity’s Ties to Two More Trump-Connected Lawyers
The Fox News host denies that Michael Cohen was ever his lawyer—but Hannity was represented by a pair of legal advisers who also have close links to the president.

On May 25, 2017, KFAQ, a radio station based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, received a cease-and-desist letter signed by two lawyers for Hannity: Victoria Toensing and Jay Alan Sekulow. Toensing’s signature sits above her name and that of her husband Joseph E. diGenova, the members of diGenova and Toensing LLP, who are identified as “Counsel for Sean Hannity,” according to a copy of the letter obtained by The Atlantic. Sekulow is also identified in the letter page as a “Counsel for Sean Hannity.”

The letter was sent in response to accusations against Hannity made by the controversial conservative activist Debbie Schlussel. During an appearance on the Pat Campbell show on KFAQ last April, Schlussel said Hannity had been “creepy” towards her and had invited her to his hotel room.

Hannity responded at the time by calling the allegations “100 percent false and a complete fabrication,” and said that he had hired lawyers to plan a response. “This letter provides notice that Ms. Schlussel’s statements are false and defamatory,” the letter read. “Continued publication will result in further exposure to liability because of continued harm to Mr. Hannity’s impeccable reputation.”

MORE:
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/sean-hannity/558272/

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/4/17/1757877/-Bombshell-The-Atlantic-Has-Probably-Found-The-Reason-Hannity-Consulted-Cohen-And-That-Ain-t-All

Link to tweet

Hannity also hired Jay Sekulow — Trump’s top lawyer in the Russia probe: report
In late May of 2017, a radio station in Oklahoma received a cease and desist from two lawyers representing Fox News personality Sean Hannity: Jay Sekulow and Victoria Toensing. The former is best-known as President Donald Trump’s lawyer for the Russia probe, and the latter is married to attorney Joseph diGenova, who along with her husband was announced as two additions to the president’s legal team last month only to be taken off of it after conflicts of interest were revealed.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/hannity-also-hired-jay-sekulow-trumps-top-lawyer-russia-probe-report/

Updated: Digging (as i do) and found this from:

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@MattGertz
Hey, everyone knows about this audio of Sean Hannity saying he hired Jay Sekulow and Joseph diGenova to pursue a civil action over the CIA supposedly wiretapping him, right?

Link to tweet

https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/11/15/what-s-hannity-s-bizarre-comment-about-being-illegally-surveilled/218568

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Bombshell: The Atlantic Has Probably Found The Reason Hannity Consulted Cohen And That Ain't All (Original Post) kpete Apr 2018 OP

So women are real estate to hannity.... spanone Apr 2018 #1

That is the exact line that stood out in the story to me when I read it too. BigmanPigman Apr 2018 #4

Me too. n/t Mr.Bill Apr 2018 #5

In PECKERable SayItLoud Apr 2018 #9

Smells to me like Hannity was trying to get in tight with trump and prove his loyalty... Volaris Apr 2018 #2

"impeccable"? Weird. Beartracks Apr 2018 #3

SEKULOW?-10 Things You Should Know About the American Center For Law And Justice Wwcd Apr 2018 #6

I recommend you repost this as an OP. Ilsa Apr 2018 #13

Will do Ilsa. Its is something we should all be aware of. Wwcd Apr 2018 #20

Isn't the ACLJ supposed to be the antidote to the ACLU... Wounded Bear Apr 2018 #15

By the looks of this report, I'd say it is anti-ACLU & SPLC Wwcd Apr 2018 #19

The pee-Resident, in an interview years ago, spoke of sexual relations fierywoman Apr 2018 #7

Funny, when I scanned the article title, my brain read it as, "two more MOB connected lawyers." pnwmom Apr 2018 #8

They actually sound like a terrorist organization. DemocracyMouse Apr 2018 #14

My money is on he was trying to bury stories TNLib Apr 2018 #10

Ari discussing this now n/t malaise Apr 2018 #11

If true, that's pretty pathetic. That means he's got THREE 'lawyer-ish' people, TrollBuster9090 Apr 2018 #12

Ouch! Hannity's Harvey Weinstein rant isn't aging well ffr Apr 2018 #16

I remember reading last week a single report Hannity had sex assault allegation on him then nothing. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #17

If the CIA had wiretapped Rachel Maddow or Michael Moore rocktivity Apr 2018 #18

He's an impeccable asshole anyway world wide wally Apr 2018 #21

spanone

(135,846 posts)

1. So women are real estate to hannity....

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 05:03 PM

Apr 2018

'mr. hannity's impeccable reputation'

BigmanPigman

(51,611 posts)

4. That is the exact line that stood out in the story to me when I read it too.

Reply to spanone (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 05:27 PM

Apr 2018

Mr.Bill

(24,303 posts)

5. Me too. n/t

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #4)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 05:34 PM

Apr 2018

SayItLoud

(1,702 posts)

9. In PECKERable

Reply to spanone (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 05:57 PM

Apr 2018

Volaris

(10,272 posts)

2. Smells to me like Hannity was trying to get in tight with trump and prove his loyalty...

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 05:07 PM

Apr 2018

So he could pick up either a WH communications staff job or SecPress for the second term...

LOL they thought he'd last that long hahahah

Beartracks

(12,816 posts)

3. "impeccable"? Weird.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 05:18 PM

Apr 2018

It's an oddly subjective descriptor for a lawyer to use, isn't it?

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Wwcd

(6,288 posts)

6. SEKULOW?-10 Things You Should Know About the American Center For Law And Justice

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 05:37 PM

Apr 2018

Can't say we weren't warned of the RW Rot

Jay Sekulow is Chief Counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice ( ACLJ), one of the most prestigious law firms in the country.

10 Things You Should Know About the American Center For Law And Justice

https://www.hrc.org/resources/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-american-center-for-law-and-justice

1.) ACLJ has raised nearly $75 million in the past five years to fight for anti-LGBT causes, despite not meeting 10 out of 20 of the Better Business Bureau’s standards for charity accountability.
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2.) ACLJ suggests the “sin” of homosexuality might be to blame for the death of Tyler Clementi and the rash of teen suicides connected to anti-LGBT bullying.
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3.) ACLJ goes after cities and municipalities, simply for protecting employees against anti-LGBT discrimination.They even call workplace diversity training “offensive.”
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4.) ACLJ defended the Boy Scouts of America in their fight to prevent LGBT scouts and scout leaders, with the group’s founder warning of “predators as Boy Scouts, pedophiles who will come in as Scoutmasters.’’
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5.) ACLJ defends criminal punishments for consensual, adult same-sex behavior, saying homosexuality is destructive to society.
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6.) ACLJ literally helped write the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), parts of which were deemed unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court last year in United States v. Windsor.
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7.) ACLJ opened an office in Nairobi, Kenya, where the group promotes discriminatory legal and legislative policies and engages in “civic education to warn people of the dangers of homosexuality.”
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8.) ACLJ-Zimbabwe has organized meetings with the country’s ruthless dictator, Robert Mugabe, and advocated for keeping criminal bans on homosexuality in place as the country reformed its constitution. This is the same Mugabe who threatened to behead gay people in his country.
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9.) ACLJ’s export of hate isn’t limited to Africa. They’ve set up shops in Brazil, Europe, and Russia, all to push their anti-LGBT ends and oppose marriage equality and anti-discrimination measures across the globe.
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10.) ACLJ founder Pat Robertson thinks that introducing lesbians to your child might make “your children grow up as lesbians.” Robertson actually claimed a gay father given custody of his child over a Christian mother made the child “a flaming homosexual, and if I’m not mistaken, he contracted AIDS.”
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This is who The Clinton Foundation steps in after, to fight against in offering assistance globally.
They're kind of like the FEMA of Global Human Rights Abuse.

Republican Rot.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)

13. I recommend you repost this as an OP.

Reply to Wwcd (Reply #6)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 06:30 PM

Apr 2018

It's excellent information without being too long of a read, and we could bookmark it.

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)

20. Will do Ilsa. Its is something we should all be aware of.

Reply to Ilsa (Reply #13)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 09:39 PM

Apr 2018

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)

15. Isn't the ACLJ supposed to be the antidote to the ACLU...

Reply to Wwcd (Reply #6)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 06:34 PM

Apr 2018

Kind of a RW legal group to advance far right policies and "destroy" the ACLU.

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)

19. By the looks of this report, I'd say it is anti-ACLU & SPLC

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #15)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 09:37 PM

Apr 2018

What miserable people they are.

fierywoman

(7,686 posts)

7. The pee-Resident, in an interview years ago, spoke of sexual relations

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 05:45 PM

Apr 2018

with women as being "very expensive real estate." (I'm paraphrasing, but that's the jist of it.)

pnwmom

(108,980 posts)

8. Funny, when I scanned the article title, my brain read it as, "two more MOB connected lawyers."

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 05:46 PM

Apr 2018

Not that far off, though.

DemocracyMouse

(2,275 posts)

14. They actually sound like a terrorist organization.

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #8)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 06:34 PM

Apr 2018

TNLib

(1,819 posts)

10. My money is on he was trying to bury stories

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 06:01 PM

Apr 2018

Of sexual misconduct or worse.

malaise

(269,063 posts)

11. Ari discussing this now n/t

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 06:11 PM

Apr 2018

TrollBuster9090

(5,954 posts)

12. If true, that's pretty pathetic. That means he's got THREE 'lawyer-ish' people,

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 06:26 PM

Apr 2018

and not one single REAL lawyer.

In Trump's case, it makes sense. Trump is so mentally unbalanced that none of the REAL lawyers will deal with him. Especially not after his contractors sued him for stiffing them, and then they lawyers he hired to defend him in court had to sue him because he STIFFED THEM, TOO! (Serves them right. Talk about the 'I bit you because I'm a SNAKE' story...) And after all that, any lawyers that Trump retained had to talk to him in PAIRS, because that way there'd always be a WITNESS to what he said.

But, while Hannity is a blue-ribbon asshole, he's not mentally DERANGED like Trump. There's no reason REAL lawyers wouldn't represent him. So, if Hannity is really being defended by these 'TV lawyers,' I can only assume he's hiring them because he wants to be like his big, strong, buddy...The Donald!

(Hannity and Trump.)

ffr

(22,671 posts)

16. Ouch! Hannity's Harvey Weinstein rant isn't aging well

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 06:50 PM

Apr 2018

In April 2017, Debbie Schlussel, a former Fox News guest, appeared on a local radio show last April and recounted an incident where she claims Sean Hannity asked her to a hotel, and when she rebuffed his advances, she claims, she was ostracized by the network star. - Law and Crime