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Julian Englis

(2,309 posts)
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 05:27 PM Apr 2018

Sean Hannitys Ties to Two More Trump-Connected Lawyers

Source: The Atlantic

Sean Hannity has had no shortage of lawyers. In court on Monday, his name was disclosed as the third “mystery client” of Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen. Though Hannity says he was never actually Cohen’s client, he does appear to have used the legal services of other well-connected Trump-world lawyers in a different matter a year ago.

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.”

Sekulow is now the only known personal attorney for President Trump working full-time on the response to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiry. Sekulow recently announced that diGenova and Toensing had been hired to join him, before reversing course. The letter to the radio station was sent before Sekulow joined Trump’s team.

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.

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

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Sean Hannitys Ties to Two More Trump-Connected Lawyers (Original Post) Julian Englis Apr 2018 OP
What an incestuous bunch of sleaze bags. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #1
Thick as thieves. Sneederbunk Apr 2018 #2
Which also ties hannity to Erik Prince JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #3
Trump has a strong affinity for amoral criminal types like him, Hortensis Apr 2018 #8
K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Apr 2018 #4
Time for Sean Sellout to take a ride on that waterboard like he promised. Hassler Apr 2018 #5
Jay Sekulow - KNOW WHO HE IS! Wwcd Apr 2018 #6
Pat Robertson....that's all you need to know, basically. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2018 #11
You know dixiegrrrrl, we've come to predict what's going to surface next from this Wwcd Apr 2018 #12
Nothing? Ya sure?? dixiegrrrrl Apr 2018 #13
Here's another thing you might not know about Jay...he has a band... GReedDiamond Apr 2018 #14
Cant wait to find out the real reason TNLib Apr 2018 #7
Ohhh FarPoint Apr 2018 #9
Hannity is so close to Trump Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2018 #10

JustAnotherGen

(31,828 posts)
3. Which also ties hannity to Erik Prince
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 05:32 PM
Apr 2018

Since Vicky and hubby are his lawyers too. These people are ALL filth.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
8. Trump has a strong affinity for amoral criminal types like him,
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 05:59 PM
Apr 2018

but he's also clearly an easy victim for that sort seeking ways to develop influence over him.

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
6. Jay Sekulow - KNOW WHO HE IS!
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 05:52 PM
Apr 2018

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

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
11. Pat Robertson....that's all you need to know, basically.
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 10:19 PM
Apr 2018


Has anyone poked around Hannity's history? Any legal issues, etc.?
 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
12. You know dixiegrrrrl, we've come to predict what's going to surface next from this
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 10:33 PM
Apr 2018

..pandora's box, haven't we.

Nothing will surprise us at this point, it may leave us ill but not surprised at all.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
13. Nothing? Ya sure??
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 10:58 PM
Apr 2018

Dinner talk to night with family, wondering what Hannity was doing in all this,...then: Hannity.....Fox...and now Sinclair.
spreading lies continuously thru increased sources of propaganda.
Control over major Gov. functions...DSHS, Treasury, law enforcement, both Houses of Congress, and, some say now, SCOTUS.

Now increased sporadic "hackers" of internet.

would you be surprised if the Internet crashed for vital periods of time?
Or that we may be the middle of a bloodless coup?

I could not come up with a counter-point tonight.

GReedDiamond

(5,313 posts)
14. Here's another thing you might not know about Jay...he has a band...
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 11:03 PM
Apr 2018

...called believe it or not, "The Jay Sekulow Band," and here they are covering Suite Judy Blue Eyes, the Crosby Stills & Nash song:

TNLib

(1,819 posts)
7. Cant wait to find out the real reason
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 05:59 PM
Apr 2018

For his relationship with Cohen. Sounds like Hannity needed to bury stories of sexual misconduct.

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