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highplainsdem

(48,993 posts) Fri Apr 13, 2018, 09:26 AM Apr 2018

Trump lawyer seeks temporary restraining order over records seized in FBI raid

Source: The Hill

President Trump’s personal lawyer is seeking a temporary injunction over the records seized from his office during a FBI raid Monday, according to multiple media reports.

A federal judge will hold a hearing Friday to address Michael Cohen’s request for a temporary restraining order to block federal investigators from using the materials taken from his office and hotel room earlier this week, according to The Associated Press.

FBI agents reportedly sought documents surrounding payments to two women who allegedly had extramarital affairs with Trump, as well evidence that Cohen tried to conceal disparaging information about Trump during the campaign.

Allies of Trump also fear that the investigators could have taken recordings that Cohen made of private conversations, The Washington Post reported Thursday.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/382988-trump-lawyer-seeks-temporary-restraining-order-over-records-seized-in

Dershowitz was recommending this a couple of days ago..

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Trump lawyer seeks temporary restraining order over records seized in FBI raid (Original Post) highplainsdem Apr 2018 OP

This will fail duforsure Apr 2018 #1

Looks like the court filings from Mueller's allies in the Southern District are watertight lagomorph777 Apr 2018 #2

Don't see much use to contesting a warrant bucolic_frolic Apr 2018 #3

Kimba Wood is the judge NewJeffCT Apr 2018 #4

Cool strategy, try for an order to have no evidence be used uppityperson Apr 2018 #5

duforsure

(11,885 posts)

1. This will fail

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Apr 13, 2018, 09:34 AM

Apr 2018

Due to their ruling for the raid was based on law, and will be rejected easily against trump and cohen, and also it'll be more obstruction charges against them. They're so desperate now trump is acting very irrational , and out of control , because they know what will be discovered very soon if not already, Lots of proof against them showing they've lied all along.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)

2. Looks like the court filings from Mueller's allies in the Southern District are watertight

Reply to duforsure (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 13, 2018, 09:46 AM

Apr 2018

As we would expect; most likely Mueller's team assisted in drafting them.

bucolic_frolic

(43,173 posts)

3. Don't see much use to contesting a warrant

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Apr 13, 2018, 10:11 AM

Apr 2018

it's a power courts and prosecutors have by the social contract of our legal system.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)

4. Kimba Wood is the judge

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Apr 13, 2018, 10:22 AM

Apr 2018

the short-lived nominee for Attorney General under Bill Clinton (after Zoe Baird's nomination failed and before Janet Reno)

If she turns Cohen down, can he appeal?

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)

5. Cool strategy, try for an order to have no evidence be used

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Apr 13, 2018, 10:33 AM

Apr 2018

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