# Shit just got real (FBI raids Trump lawyer) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 9, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-just-got-real-fbi-raids-trump-lawyer/812112 "2018-04-09T20:28:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-just-got-real-fbi-raids-trump-lawyer/812112/101 "2018-04-16T19:46:24Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Deep Throat was homage - Stormy is the real deal. > 10 years from now people selecting pictures for the next edition of a US History book are going to have an interesting decision of which picture of Stormy to use. Most of you are aware of the Oklahoma teacher’s strike. It wasn’t just about wages; also protesting about school supplies and textbooks. Most of the history books are from 1980:eek: It will be way more than 10 years before Stormy gets to Oklahoma. (not counting the ongoing stormy tornadoes) ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-just-got-real-fbi-raids-trump-lawyer/812112/102 "2018-04-16T19:51:53Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Stripped of the fancy legal language, pp.11-13 in [this filing](https://pacer-documents.s3.amazonaws.com/119/491943/127122241322.pdf) by the US Attorney for the SDNY says to Cohen, “dude, we know you aren’t a practicing lawyer. You’ve only got one client, and that’s Trump, and that’s more of a business relationship than a legal one. We’ll still use a filter team to make sure the investigative team doesn’t get hold of anything covered by attorney-client privilege, but we know there won’t be much of that to protect.” Actually, he has (had?) 3 clients: Trump, Briody (the GOP mega-donor on whose behalf that Cohen paid over a million $$ to a Playboy playmate), and Sean Hannity. Bet you didn’t see that coming. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-just-got-real-fbi-raids-trump-lawyer/812112/103 "2018-04-16T20:08:25Z")
I’ve been laughing about that for the past hour. Apparently Hannity didn’t know how to respond to this revelation at the beginning of his radio show, so he played some music and clips from the Comey interview while he pulled his thoughts together. If Hannity wasn’t one of Cohen’s clients, saying, “no, he’s never been my lawyer” would have been easy. Therefore… ---
**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, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-just-got-real-fbi-raids-trump-lawyer/812112/104 "2018-04-16T20:12:24Z")
[CBSNews.com](http://CBSNews.com) has the Hannity bombshell as their top story. So does [NBCNews.com](http://NBCNews.com). So does [Politico.com](http://Politico.com). So does [CNN.com](http://CNN.com) WaPo and [TheHill.com](http://TheHill.com) both have it high on the page, just below their top stories. [WSJ.com](http://WSJ.com) has it as a breaking story on top of the page. But I’m just not seeing anything on [FoxNews.com](http://FoxNews.com). Anyone have any idea why? That’s a head-scratcher. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-just-got-real-fbi-raids-trump-lawyer/812112/105 "2018-04-16T20:16:28Z")
So… Hannity’s saying that Cohen lied in court and that almost none of their correspondence should be covered by attorney-client privilege, right? This is good news. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-just-got-real-fbi-raids-trump-lawyer/812112/106 "2018-04-16T20:19:33Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [CBSNews.com](http://CBSNews.com) has the Hannity bombshell as their top story. > So does [NBCNews.com](http://NBCNews.com). > So does [Politico.com](http://Politico.com). > So does [CNN.com](http://CNN.com) > WaPo and [TheHill.com](http://TheHill.com) both have it high on the page, just below their top stories. > [WSJ.com](http://WSJ.com) has it as a breaking story on top of the page. > > But I’m just not seeing anything on [FoxNews.com](http://FoxNews.com). Anyone have any idea why? That’s a head-scratcher. They’re covering the real news, like: “Stripper storms courthouse as Trump lawyer fights feds over ‘unprecedented’ evidence seizure” “Even liberal media blasts ‘petty,’ ‘bitchy’ Comey amid book tour” “Ex-FBI boss says Barack Obama ‘jeopardized’ DOJ’s credibility with Clinton email probe talk” “Anti-Trump American history textbook ‘blatantly biased,’ critics say” “Penn State drops homecoming ‘king and queen’ titles, changes to gender-neutral term” ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-just-got-real-fbi-raids-trump-lawyer/812112/107 "2018-04-16T20:45:43Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > But I’m just not seeing anything on [FoxNews.com](http://FoxNews.com). Anyone have any idea why? That’s a head-scratcher. Probably sex crazed pandas or penguins. ---
**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, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-just-got-real-fbi-raids-trump-lawyer/812112/108 "2018-04-16T20:46:09Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [CBSNews.com](http://CBSNews.com) has the Hannity bombshell as their top story. > So does [NBCNews.com](http://NBCNews.com). > So does [Politico.com](http://Politico.com). > So does [CNN.com](http://CNN.com) > WaPo and [TheHill.com](http://TheHill.com) both have it high on the page, just below their top stories. > [WSJ.com](http://WSJ.com) has it as a breaking story on top of the page. > > But I’m just not seeing anything on [FoxNews.com](http://FoxNews.com). Anyone have any idea why? That’s a head-scratcher. A Fox reporter at the courthouse mentioned the name once and then went on to other things. ---
**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, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-just-got-real-fbi-raids-trump-lawyer/812112/109 "2018-04-16T20:54:00Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A Fox reporter at the courthouse mentioned the name once and then went on to other things. Here’s the video I was taking about. > **[Hannity was revealed as Michael Cohen’s mystery client and things got very...](https://thinkprogress.org/fox-news-sean-hannity-michael-cohen-shep-smith-49f66ee1e60f/)** > > "So moving on the rest of what is happening today..." ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-just-got-real-fbi-raids-trump-lawyer/812112/110 "2018-04-16T20:57:25Z")
Does a lawyer have to have a contract of retainer in order to claim that a person is a client protected by privilege? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-just-got-real-fbi-raids-trump-lawyer/812112/111 "2018-04-16T21:00:57Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Does a lawyer have to have a contract of retainer in order to claim that a person is a client protected by privilege? No, but as we shall see, it can get very messy without one [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-just-got-real-fbi-raids-trump-lawyer/812112.md?page=5)