# A Thread for the Mueller Investigation Results and Outcomes (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 28, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093 "2017-10-28T20:14:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 197
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/3922 "2018-04-16T19:55:46Z")
He has. Admitted to possibly having some sort of “client-attorney” questions he asked of Cohen, but they never had an official relationship which involved retainers, invoices, etc. Oh, OK. Sound like he just threw poor Cohen under the bus for lying to a judge. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/3923 "2018-04-16T19:57:05Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > ten minutes in, Hannity came on and said he would continue playing the Comey interview while he thought of what to say Has he talked to his lawyer about that? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/3924 "2018-04-16T20:25:28Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Now we get to speculate about just what exactly Hannity needed Cohen’s fixing talents for. 😃 Knowing the context, it would not be surprising that Hannity had Cohen “fix” even more women that were going to come out denouncing others at FOX news or even him. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/3925 "2018-04-16T20:29:58Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I can’t think of any name being revealed as Cohen’s mystery client that would get more liberal whoops, cheers, and belly laughs than Hannity. > > At least we can still find joy in this craziness. Hell to the yes. This is like having Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson show up on my doorstep, start fighting over me, challenge each other to a dozen rounds of nude jello wrestling refereed by me, and finally, having collapsed into an exhausted entanglement, agree to a MoWeFr/TuThSa\* sharing arrangement. \*Sundays I would spend recuperating in a heated muscle-ointment wrap. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/3926 "2018-04-16T20:30:22Z")
I saw something on my FB feed (an MSNBC clip) that was saying Hannity sought advice from Cohen over the advertiser boycotts of his show, as prompted by left-wing groups. Don’t know if that’s legit. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/3927 "2018-04-16T20:38:30Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Hell to the yes. This is like having Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson show up on my doorstep, start fighting over me, challenge each other to a dozen rounds of nude jello wrestling refereed by me, and finally, having collapsed into an exhausted entanglement, agree to a MoWeFr/TuThSa\* sharing arrangement. > > \*Sundays I would spend recuperating in a heated muscle-ointment wrap. I’d pay money to see that. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/3928 "2018-04-16T20:40:36Z")
Right. Because Michael Cohen has tons of expertise when it comes to advertising contracts. Dude is a mook’s mook. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/3929 "2018-04-16T20:49:47Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I saw something on my FB feed (an MSNBC clip) that was saying Hannity sought advice from Cohen over the advertiser boycotts of his show, as prompted by left-wing groups. Don’t know if that’s legit. Of all the lawyers in the country, why would he choose Cohen? I would also think that Hannity already has a personal lawyer for other matters. Since this involves advertising contracts, would FauxNews have their own lawyers to handle such things? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/3930 "2018-04-16T20:53:42Z")
[Tweet from Emily Peck](https://twitter.com/EmilyRPeck/status/985954022736752641) at the Huffington Post: > [@](#): > > HELLO: If you signed a hush agreement with sean hannity, email me. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/3931 "2018-04-16T20:58:23Z")
The judge in the Cohen case is Kimba Woods, the Clinton nominee for Attorney General who withdrew her nomination after it was revealed that she had hired an undocumented nanny. ---
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/3932 "2018-04-16T20:58:52Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Of all the lawyers in the country, why would he choose Cohen? I would also think that Hannity already has a personal lawyer for other matters. > Since this involves advertising contracts, would FauxNews have their own lawyers to handle such things? I would guess if the reporting in this thread is accurate, that Hannity got to know Cohen personally via his relationship with Trump and he therefore turned to him for some semi-formal (aka “free”) advice. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/3933 "2018-04-16T20:59:45Z")
Please don’t let this be a boring sex-thingy for Hannity. Make it be about taking money from Orangenus Turdis for being a secret supervisor. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/3934 "2018-04-16T21:04:58Z")
If it’s free and/or given Hannity’s denunciation of any client relationship, does privilege exist? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/3935 "2018-04-16T21:19:30Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > If it’s free and/or given Hannity’s denunciation of any client relationship, does privilege exist? Hope Hannity is sweating like the trumpanzee he is. I wonder if Stormy’s attorney had any idea the dominoes would start falling once he started pushing the not-so-great ape? Watching them all line up to find out what was in all that seized stiff is hilarious. There must be more there than we suspect. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/3936 "2018-04-16T21:23:39Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The judge in the Cohen case is Kimba Woods, the Clinton nominee for Attorney General who withdrew her nomination after it was revealed that she had hired an undocumented nanny. Sounds like a very quaint little scandal. Remember when this sort of thing was a deal breaker? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/3937 "2018-04-16T21:25:07Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > I would guess if the reporting in this thread is accurate, that Hannity got to know Cohen personally via his relationship with Trump and he therefore turned to him for some semi-formal (aka “free”) advice. Well, well, well. Small world, ain’t it. You’d think Hannity would have mentioned his relationship with Cohen before he started bloviating before his millions of viewers on the outrage and indignity of the raid on Cohen’s office. Must have slipped his mind. I’m sure he would have recused himself otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/3938 "2018-04-16T21:29:23Z")
Yes - I am sure that is exactly what would have happened. ---
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/3939 "2018-04-16T21:30:55Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Well, well, well. Small world, ain’t it. > > You’d think Hannity would have mentioned his relationship with Cohen before he started bloviating before his millions of viewers on the outrage and indignity of the raid on Cohen’s office. Must have slipped his mind. I’m sure he would have recused himself otherwise. Completely agree with this. (Assuming in fact that Hannity did bloviate about the raid.) ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/3940 "2018-04-16T21:33:46Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > I would guess if the reporting in this thread is accurate, that Hannity got to know Cohen personally via his relationship with Trump and he therefore turned to him for some semi-formal (aka “free”) advice. He is on his radio show claiming that he is not Cohen’s client because he never paid Cohen, but simultaneously stating that their conversations are protected by attorney/client privilege. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/3941 "2018-04-16T21:38:09Z")
If it comes out that Sean Hannity is up to his— well, where a neck would normally be on a typical person— in shady shit with these assclowns, it would be like Christmas come early. Has anyone ever died of _Schadenfreude_? I should get my affairs in order, just in case. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093.md?page=196) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093.md?page=198)