Prosecutors Get Access To 12 Cohen Recordings After Privilege Waived

[DonViejo]

By Allegra Kirkland | July 23, 2018 4:30 pm

Federal prosecutors were granted access on Friday to 12 audio recordings seized from President Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen.

That development was formalized in a Monday letter by Barbara Jones, the special master overseeing the document review in Cohen’s criminal case. She announced that “the parties” involved no longer wanted to designate the recordings as protected by attorney-client privilege.

“On July 20, 2018, the parties withdrew their designations of ‘privileged’ as to 12 audio items that were under consideration by the special master,” Jones wrote. “Based upon those de-designations, the special master released the 12 items to the government that day.”

Cohen reportedly had a habit of secretly taping conversations. One such chat was a 2016 conversation between Cohen and Trump about hush money payments made to a former Playboy model who claimed to have an affair with Trump, as the New York Times first reported Friday.

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1. 😐 doubtfull anything good on them else they would wave priveldge

[triron]

7. Wonder why Avenatti evidently claims there is.

[Blue_true]

2. To me, that says Cohen might have flipped.

Both sides agreed to the release.

[Stallion]

3. Yeah But the Privilege Actually Belongs to the Client (Trump)

attorney can assert it on behalf of his client but waiver would require the consent of Trump.

[Blue_true]

4. So Trump agreed to the release of the tapes to investigators?

Sounds rather far fetched given what he is like. The tapes HAVE been released and all involved parties agreed to the release. If Trump agreed to that, he would have had to have listened to every single minute and know there is absolutely nothing negative about him, given what he is like.

[Stallion]

5. Yep Either that or they are Conceding it Fits Into an Exception to the Privilege...

...like the Crime/Fraud exception--but I doubt they would voluntarily waive that argument.

[Blue_true]

6. Interesting regardless. nt