Sean Hannity Is Named as Client of Michael Cohen, Trump’s Lawyer

He was named in court as a client of Trump's lawyer Cohen.
Sean Hannity Is Named as Client of Michael Cohen, Trump’s Lawyer
He has now shot his mouth off without thinking

Apparently he is unaware that by making that statement the FBI can consider any and all conversations between the two as not protected by client/attorney privilege.
Is Fox about to lose another of it's sacred cash cows?

 

Hanitty is still entitled to the privacy. I don't think they can dig in too deep into those records if they don't pertain to the investigation.

 

Also, the FBI has just proven Attorney Client privilege to be meaningless anyways.

 

Unless Hannity is the subject of the search warrant then anything found would be inadmissible in any court. If the cops had a search warrant for your place for stolen guns, even if they found 2 lbs of weed they could confiscate the contraband but they couldn't charge you unless it was in plain sight.

 

A better analogy. They tap your phone because you have conversations with Guido and your enemies seem to disappear after. That's the probable cause part of the wiretap, that you are planning assassinations with Guido over the phone. If they find you having conversations with Lil' JJ of the Crips about taking someone out they'd use that as well against you because it is the same illegal activity just with a different actor even though the probable cause came from your association with Guido.
So let's say that Hannity is the unnamed person in the pee tape and he discusses with Cohen how to avoid blackmail in future or to act as his middleman with the Russians to get input from them to use in his show to prevent exposure.
Obviously that's an unlikely scenario but we don't know what the DA was after and Hannity just exposed himself.

 

I think he's aware of that, in the same article it's shown just how little work Cohen has done. I think Cohen made the statement to fulfill the requirement, more than anything else. We're looking at basically a ponzi scheme wherein Cohen CLAIMS to be an attorney, but hasn't really done much legal work.

 

How so

 

Hannity is a weed in plain sight.

 

And one you can't smoke. No value at all.

 

No Trumpeizdas love their foolish jerks.

 

The mere fact of what just happened means that attorney client privilege is a figment of our imagination...otherwise this investigation is now an illegal witch hunt.

 

Trump has become radioactive...a tabloid president.

 

I'm very curious to see how Fox News handle this situation. While it is obvious to all that Hannity, in addition to being Trump's lapdog, is also the leading media person in the Trump propaganda machine, aka Fox News. This is as bad as state owned Russian media......a disgrace actually and I will be very interested in how real journalists (yes, they do have some) at Fox handle this, even if the network lets it slide......

 

What crime is Hannity suspected of committing...you know, besides being conservative?

 

Simply asking for legal advice makes one a client... its right in the definition of well.. Client.. A simple definition..

Ironic that this whole thread is proclaiming someone a fool while the proclaimer doesnt know a simple definition.

Its not surprising that Kimba M. Wood blocked the Trump Lawyers requests while making this about Hannity after you read.. Slick Willy wanted her to be AG until it was shown she had an illegal maid.

Nevermind this strange tidbit and name that always seems to circle around the Clintons..
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-s...ltant-in-third-marriage-idUKBRE98J0XZ20130922

 

Wrong on both counts
How can he have privacy if Cohen isn't his lawyer? Privacy about what?

 

Sorry, You have to "retain" a lawyer to have privilege. And offering $10 won't do it.

 

I'm wrong here. Sorry.

 

Trump promised to break the system. He has done so and it isn't turning out well for Trump and his co-conspirators.

Trump's businesses are all toxic now.

 

It would be if they paid for the advice. Hannity says he never did. Not a client.

 

This term includes a person who divulges confidential matters to an attorney while pursuing professional assistance, regardless of sub-sequent employment of the attorney. This attorney-client relationship is quite complex and extensive in its scope. One of the key aspects of this relationship is confidentiality of communications. A client has the right to require that his or her attorney keep secret any discussion between them during the course of their relationship that pertains to the matters for which the attorney is hired. This protection extends to a person who might have disclosed any confidential matters while seeking aid from an attorney, whether the attorney was employed or not. If, for example, someone is "shopping" for an attorney to handle a Divorce, the person might reveal certain private information to several attorneys, all of whom are expected to keep such communications confidential.

https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/client

You will notice
This term includes a person who divulges confidential matters to an attorney while pursuing professional assistance, regardless of sub-sequent employment of the attorney

 

Again
This term includes a person who divulges confidential matters to an attorney while pursuing professional assistance, regardless of sub-sequent employment of the attorney

And

This protection extends to a person who might have disclosed any confidential matters while seeking aid from an attorney, whether the attorney was employed or not. If, for example, someone is "shopping" for an attorney to handle a Divorce, the person might reveal certain private information to several attorneys, all of whom are expected to keep such communications confidential.

 

that's not an answer.

 

And one you can't smoke. No value at all.

 

He evidently took advice from Cohen to follow Trump's lead and don't pay anyone for anything unless compelled to by legal action.