# A Thread for the Mueller Investigation Results and Outcomes (Part 1)

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**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")\
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**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:** [July 26, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5922 "2018-07-26T19:42:39Z")

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It is an obvious avenue of investigation, true. I think the news is more to the idea that (1) what everyone knows is happening has been verified, and (2) this goes straight to Trump’s actions and not to something done by an associate.

ETA: To what Northern Piper said.

EETTAA: Trumpty Dumpty will probably soon tweet “I don’t write my own tweets!” 😉

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**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:** [July 26, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5923 "2018-07-26T19:46:14Z")

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> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#):
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> I don’t understand how a federal investigator “reviewing” someone’s public social media is newsworthy. So, Mueller is scrolling through his Twitter feed like anyone else can do? Uh, ok? Isn’t this sorta low-hanging fruit that he probably assigned an intern to do on Day 1?

I imagine some intern might have physically gathered up the tweets early on. But what Mueller would be doing at this point is seeing how these tweets tie in - and shed light on - other evidence that he’s gathered in the course of his obstruction investigation.

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**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5924 "2018-07-26T19:51:17Z")

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> [@JohnT](#):
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> [Nothing to see here!](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/399005-mueller-reviewing-trumps-tweets-as-part-of-obstruction-investigation?)  
> **Mueller reviewing Trump’s tweets as part of obstruction investigation: report**
> 
> "Special counsel Robert Muelleris reviewing President Trump’s tweets as he pursues an investigation into whether the president obstructed justice, The New York Times reportedThursday.
> 
> The Times, citing three people briefed on the matter, reported that Mueller is particularly interested in Trump’s tweets about Attorney General jeff Sessions, former FBI Director James Comey qnd former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.
> 
> The president has used the social media platform to fiercely criticize each official.
> 
> Mueller’s office declined to comment to the Times."

\<snerk\>

Pretty sure most of us saw that coming.

I admit every time I saw le dipshit tweet or rail at a rally about Sessions, Comey or McCabe, I secretly rejoiced. He truly is his own worst enemy.

Saw another [article this morning on The Hill](http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/398969-judge-rules-against-trump-over-census-citizenship-lawsuit) noting that a federal district judge is allowing a lawsuit filed by 18 states to go forward that challenges Wilbur Ross’s attempt to put a citizenship question on the 2020 census. The judge made a point of saying that plaintiffs had “plausibly” alleged there is a “heightened risk in the current political climate” that the question will lead to a lower response rate “because of Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric." He specifically included Trump’s comments about persons from “shithole” countries.

Drumpfass just can’t keep his big mouth shut.

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**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5925 "2018-07-26T21:31:05Z")

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> [@Fear\_Itself](#):
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> [GOP lawmakers introduce articles of impeachment against Rosenstein](http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/398902-gop-lawmakers-introduce-impeachment-resolution-against-rosenstein):

> [@jayjay](#):
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> If Jordan actually had a brain, he’d be trying to keep a lower profile at the moment. The ghost of Joe Paterno is looking to invite him to spend eternity haunting college locker rooms with him.

Jordan certainly fits into the Ghostbusters universe: the slime just _drips_ off that guy.

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**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5926 "2018-07-26T21:38:32Z")

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> [@JohnT](#):
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> [Oops!](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/399015-trump-organization-finance-chief-called-to-testify-before-jury-in)
> 
> In one of the original 12 tapes, the name of Allen Wesselberg was referenced by Cohen:
> 
> > [@](#):
> >
> > “I’ve spoken with Allen Weisselberg about how to set the whole thing up,” Cohen says on the tape.
> > 
> > Weisselberg has served as the executive vice president and chief financial officer of the Trump Organization for decades, according to the Journal, which added that he was Trump’s longtime personal financial adviser, and even helped compile Trump’s tax returns for years.
> 
> Now the man, unknown to the general public (and, it seems, every reporter) has been subpoenaed by the SDNY to appear before the grand jury investigating Cohen.

This is potentially huge. Weisselberg know even more about where the bodies are buried than does Michael Cohen. And there’s no such thing as “financial adviser/client privilege”.

> [@](#):
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> Accountant-client privilege does not exist under federal law and under common law. Generally states do not recognize an accountant-client privilege.

> **[Application of Accountant-Client Privilege in State Courts – Accountants](https://accountants.uslegal.com/accountant-client-privilege-accountants-right-to-retain-data/application-of-accountant-client-privilege-in-state-courts/)**

> [@JohnT](#):
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> Also… the theory gaining credence about just _why_ these tapes were released is that, though attorney-client, the Special Master was going to rule they did not qualify as privileged because of the crime/fraud exception.

Yes, this has been out there for a few days. If the information was going to get out anyway, due to a ruling by the judge that the crime/fraud exception applied, then they’d have to endure all the “Trump-Cohen Conversations Ruled Potentially Criminal” headlines for nothing.

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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5927 "2018-07-26T21:41:30Z")

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> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#):
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> This is pure, irresponsible speculation, supported by no evidence, but: does anyone else have a sneaking suspicion that Melania is somehow a part of Russia’s connection to Trump? The prevailing view of her seems to be that she hooked up with Trump for her own reasons (actual affection, money, immigration issues, whatever) and got roped into his political adventure against her wishes. And she does seem to be unhappy both in the relationship and in the role as First Lady. But, I dunno. A beautiful woman from a former Soviet republic turns up in the US and hooks up with Trump at a time when the Russians were trying to establish a connection with him, and shortly before he starts his first run at the Presidency. And she stays with him through his serial affairs, and as he barrels toward senescence. And, as First Lady, she mainly cribs from Michelle Obama and stays out of view. Yeah, maybe it’s all down to money and a punitive prenuptial agreement. Or maybe she was a more successful version of Mariia Butina, staying with a man she secretly loathed to advance some political agenda.
> 
> Like I said, I know of no evidence of this. I just keep expecting her name to turn up in a Mueller filing.

Since he has had two Eastern European wives, I assume that either he has a fetish for Slavic accents or he simply likes white women with less liberal home values.

> [@JohnT](#):
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> [Oops!](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/399015-trump-organization-finance-chief-called-to-testify-before-jury-in)
> 
> In one of the original 12 tapes, the name of Allen Wesselberg was referenced by Cohen:
> 
> Now the man, unknown to the general public (and, it seems, every reporter) has been subpoenaed by the SDNY to appear before the grand jury investigating Cohen.
> 
> Also… the theory gaining credence about just _why_ these tapes were released is that, though attorney-client, the Special Master was going to rule they did not qualify as privileged because of the crime/fraud exception.

I had figured that it was because they support the argument that Trump had Cohen on retainer to handle these sorts of issues, since before the campaign, thus making campaign spending irrelevant.

> [@k9bfriender](#):
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> That’s what auditing is for.
> 
> Take a random sample, and count it by hand, and see if those number match the machine counting. If not, then you probably made an error, count again. But, if the error persists, you can assume the machine is not counting properly.
> 
> Also, cross check ballots. Run them through two different machines, ensure that those totals match.
> 
> Personally, I don’t really trust any voting method that does not have at some point in it a human readable ballot that has been seen and approved of by the voter. But then, I don’t trust mail in ballots all that much either, does concern me that many states are going to that as a default.

After thinking about the purposes of the secret ballot, mail in ballots do cease making sense. They enable a dominant partner in a relationship to force their partner into voting against their intent.

> [@JohnT](#):
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> Cohen argued in court he had only three clients: Trump, Eliot Broidy, and Sean Hannity. My “client 3” crack above referenced Hannity.
> 
> If he has more, then perjury. WOMP WOMP!
> 
> But if Cohen gets caught in a perjury trap, I really don’t care. Do u?

According to Avenatti, that’s not what was actually declared, that’s just what we all thought he was going to declare. According to Avenatti, Cohen’s clients were Trump, the Trump Org, and Hannity, strongly implying that Broidy’s abortion deal was at the request of Trump.

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**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5928 "2018-07-26T21:43:04Z")

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> [@scr4](#):
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> Nitpick: Slovania was part of the Eastern Bloc but not actually part of the Soviet Union.

But then it was conquered by Doctor Doom.

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**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5929 "2018-07-26T21:48:27Z")

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> [@JohnT](#):
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> It is an obvious avenue of investigation, true. I think the news is more to the idea that (1) what everyone knows is happening has been verified, and (2) this goes straight to Trump’s actions and not to something done by an associate.
> 
> ETA: To what Northern Piper said.
> 
> EETTAA: Trumpty Dumpty will probably soon tweet “I don’t write my own tweets!” 😉

In short, Meuller is quietly and methodically “erasing” all the excuses and alibis Trump might try to use…

Because while he always grabs credit for things that go right \_ usually because he had nothing to do with it or it went well in spite of him

But he never takes any blame ever for anything.

Meuller is making sure he DOES get the blame for once.

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**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5930 "2018-07-26T21:49:42Z")

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> [@Sherrerd](#):
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> Jordan certainly fits into the Ghostbusters universe: the slime just _drips_ off that guy.

Supposedly Jordan is trying to become Speaker. Oh hell no!

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> [@SteveG1](#):
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> Supposedly Jordan is trying to become Speaker. Oh hell no!

Yeah, it’s tough to tell if he really thinks he has a chance, or if, instead, he’s just doing it as a “whistling in the dark” show of bravado (‘_you’ll never make those charges stick to me! I’m so sure I’ll be cleared that I’m running for Speaker!!!_!’)

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**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5932 "2018-07-26T22:02:06Z")

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> [@Sherrerd](#):
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> Yeah, it’s tough to tell if he really thinks he has a chance, or if, instead, he’s just doing it as a “whistling in the dark” show of bravado (‘_you’ll never make those charges stick to me! I’m so sure I’ll be cleared that I’m running for Speaker!!!_!’)

It’s the Repub way. Trade one piece of shit, for a worse piece of shit.

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
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I don’t know how that’ll work out. There would seem to be a distinct lack of teenage wrestlers to watch being molested without reporting it in the Speaker’s office.

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**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:** [July 26, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5934 "2018-07-26T22:30:19Z")

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> [@Sage\_Rat](#):
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> …
> 
> According to Avenatti, that’s not what was actually declared, that’s just what we all thought he was going to declare. According to Avenatti, Cohen’s clients were Trump, the Trump Org, and Hannity, strongly implying that Broidy’s abortion deal was at the request of Trump.

Not at all. Hannity as a Cohen client was announced by Cohen attorney Stephen Ryan in a court hearing. Avenatti had nothing to do with identifying Hannity as a client - it was Cohen’s own lawyer who did so when ordered to by Judge Kimba Wood.

> **[Sean Hannity Is Named as Client of Michael Cohen, Trump’s Lawyer (Published...](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/business/media/sean-hannity-michael-cohen-client.html)**
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> Lawyers for Mr. Cohen, the president’s personal lawyer, had sought to keep Mr. Hannity’s identity a secret in a court challenge of an F.B.I. search of Mr. Cohen’s office.

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> [@SteveG1](#):
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> In short, Meuller is quietly and methodically “erasing” all the excuses and alibis Trump might try to use…
> 
> Because while he always grabs credit for things that go right \_ usually because he had nothing to do with it or it went well in spite of him
> 
> But he never takes any blame ever for anything.
> 
> Meuller is making sure he DOES get the blame for once.

(with wild gesticulating) Fake investigating! Fake investigating!

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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5936 "2018-07-26T23:17:58Z")

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> [@JohnT](#):
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> Not at all. Hannity as a Cohen client was announced by Cohen attorney Stephen Ryan in a court hearing. Avenatti had nothing to do with identifying Hannity as a client - it was Cohen’s own lawyer who did so when ordered to by Judge Kimba Wood.
> 
> [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/business/media/sean-hannity-michael-cohen-client.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/business/media/sean-hannity-michael-cohen-client.html)

I didn’t say that he did.

I said that Broidy is NOT one of Cohen’s legal clients. That has nothing to do with Hannity.

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**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:** [July 26, 2018, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5937 "2018-07-26T23:34:18Z")

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D’oh! Gotcha.

But Broidy, not the Trump Org, is client #2. Cite:

> **[Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's mystery client is Fox News host Sean Hannity](https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/16/trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-refuses-to-identify-clients-as-court-faceoff-looms.html)**
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> The revelation came after U.S. District Court judge Kimba Wood ordered Cohen to disclose the name in a court hearing on Monday.

> [@](#):
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> Cohen’s other two clients were Trump and Elliott Broidy, a former Republican National Committee official who resigned following reports that he had impregnated a Playboy model in an extramarital affair. Cohen negotiated a payoff deal to the woman worth $1.6 million.

And, of course, Avenatti didn’t announce this. Cohen/Cohen’s attorney released the names.

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> [@Sage\_Rat](#):
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> \<snip\>I had figured that it was because they support the argument that Trump had Cohen on retainer to handle these sorts of issues, since before the campaign, thus making campaign spending irrelevant.\<snip\>

Think about this for a minute…

What type of person needs an attorney on retainer to follow him around and clean up the mess he leaves behind. That person is now the President of the USA.

Yes IMHO if the money came from campaign funds, it is irrelevant. Trump is a broken person. Always was, always will be. He grew up and was raised that way. He has no morals or ethics. Not a one.

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**Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5939 "2018-07-27T00:01:37Z")

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> [@JohnT](#):
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> D’oh! Gotcha.
> 
> But Broidy, not the Trump Org, is client #2. Cite:
> 
> [https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/16/trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-refuses-to-identify-clients-as-court-faceoff-looms.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/16/trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-refuses-to-identify-clients-as-court-faceoff-looms.html)
> 
> And, of course, Avenatti didn’t announce this. Cohen/Cohen’s attorney released the names.

That article is from April, when Cohen was refusing to release the name of his clients (as it says in your article). The writer is making an assumption.

The official filing that was later made by Cohen is redacted, so I can’t confirm, but Avenatti was - I believe - sitting in the court when Cohen finally issued an official request for a special master to review his papers for privilege. At that time, according to Avenatti, Cohen said “Trump, Trump Org, and Hannity”. The media didn’t have anyone present in the court, and so they’ve continued to repeat the earlier reporting, since they have something they can cite, which was based on the _assumption_ that Broidy was a client and a _leak_ to the effect that Hannity was a client. The first report was wrong and by the time someone could cite Avenatti, the subject had moved on.

> **[Wait, Did Stormy Daniels’ Lawyer Just Hint That a $1.6 Million Abortion...](https://www.theroot.com/wait-did-stormy-daniels-lawyer-just-hint-that-a-1-6-m-1825573158)**
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> Attorney Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for porn actress Stormy Daniels, is having quite a day. That’s because President Donald Trump already handed him a gift with his phone call Thursday to Fox & Friends when he noted that his personal lawyer...

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**Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5940 "2018-07-27T00:11:01Z")

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I’m sorry, but that is not correct. Yes, Avenatti may have speculated about Broidy, but as things stand now, this info is still correct:

> [@](#):
>
> Attorneys for President Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer Michael Cohen said in a Monday court filing that Cohen has represented three people within the past year, with one client remaining unnamed.
> 
> **The information was revealed in a letter from Cohen’s attorneys, Todd Harrison and Stephen Ryan, to US District Judge Kimba M. Wood.** The letter argued that the judge should rule in favor of Cohen’s applications for a temporary restraining order on communications between him and the president, as well as the appointment of a “special master” to review materials obtained by federal investigators during last week’s raids.
> 
> **The attorneys said in the filing that Cohen represented three clients in the past year. One was Trump; another was Elliot Broidy, the Republican fundraiserfor whom Cohen helped facilitate a $1.6 million payment to a Playboy playmate; and a third person remained anonymous.**
> 
> “Of the three legal clients, Donald J. Trump and Elliot Broidy have allowed us to reveal the fact that they are legal clients,” Harrison and Ryan wrote. “The other legal client indicated that they did not authorize their name to be publicly filed in connection with this matter and directed Mr. Cohen to appeal any order to disclose their name.”

According to their testimony, presented to the judge by Cohen’s attorneys via this letter, Broidy is client #2. As there has been no other movement on this front… official movement like new filings, letters, etc… we should assume that Cohen’s lawyers were correct.

> **[Michael Cohen says he's represented 3 people in the past year including Trump...](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-represented-3-people-past-year-2018-4)**
>
> Attorneys for Trump's longtime lawyer Michael Cohen said he has represented three people within the past year — and the third is a mystery

I will note the CNBC article contradicts itself. At one point it says none of the clients have been revealed, then 10 paragraphs later states that 2 of the clients has been revealed. Sorry for the bad cite.

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**Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5941 "2018-07-27T00:18:35Z")

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Correction: the CNBC article states that none of Cohen’s past clients have been identified. The three named are Cohen’s current (or recent) clients.

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