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Good one

I guess ethically his position is as White House counsel, but does he have no privilege that attaches to the individuals IN the White House? Normally it's pretty clear who privilege attaches to in an attorney/client relationship, but this is a whole different circumstance.

In the meantime, honest and reasonable people see immediately that those who "betray" the ignoble republican comrade Dirty Donny* are in fact being honest and loyal to the USA



* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

this has been pointed out from the early days of the investigation

He is White House counsel not Trump's counsel

However, say there is an attorney/client privilege in regards to White House personnel, unless there is an express waiver of that privilege from the client the attorney can't disclose information. As an attorney I would not take my clients "okay for you to talk to investigators" as a valid waiver..... I'd have the most thorough and exhaustive waiver prepared delineating every possible negative effect to the client signed before I uttered a single word..... And if the privilege attaches to White House personnel other than Trump, they'd need to sign the same waiver. Only exception to this would be if I was ethically compelled due to the client engaging in ongoing criminal activity.

I'm a retired criminal defense attorney, but I cannot imagine a single circumstance where a client would have given me a waiver so I could discuss their actions with law enforcement, much less continuing to assist in the investigation of that client.

by Traitor Tot for breaching the attorney/client privilege

There would have to be a clear delineation of who the "client" is to answer that.

where an attorney would talk to law enforcement without a waiver from his client? And why would an attorney cross that line?

The attorney-client privilege protects most communications between clients and their lawyers. But, according to the crime-fraud exception to the privilege, a client's communication to her attorney isn't privileged if she made it with the intention of committing or covering up a crime or fraud.

Donnie could claim that he thinks of McGahn as his Work-Husband and claim a marital privilege. I could see Rudy trying.......bwahahaha

Protects the Office of the President and not the individual president - no attorney/client privilege

Same issue with Trump blurring the lines with Sessions, thinking the Attorney General is there exclusively to represent HIS interests.

Then again, he also thinks every man and woman on the planet is there to advance his personal interests, so why split hairs, you know?



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