A retired judge just ruled that nearly half of 4,000 documents Michael Cohen labeled as privileged

[pnwmom]

Source: Business Insider

The special master overseeing the document review in the federal criminal investigation of President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen just ruled that nearly half of 4,000 documents seized by the government and labeled as privileged by Cohen, Trump, or the Trump Organization, are not.

And although Cohen objected to the special master's ruling on a minuscule number of those documents, he isn't challenging the decision in court.

Because he is not doing so, more than 1,400 documents will now be turned over to prosecutors and are able to be used in a potential prosecution of Cohen.

In a Thursday court filing to US District Judge Kimba Wood, special master Barbara Jones ruled that of 4,085 items recently designated as privileged by Cohen, Trump, or the Trump Organization, just 2,633 are either privileged or partially privileged. The remaining 1,452 were not, she ruled.


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/special-master-nearly-half-of-4000-michael-cohen-documents-not-privileged-2018-7

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The fact that Cohen is not challenging the judge's decision can't be a good sign for DT.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. It is definitely not a good sign for tRump. Thank goodness!

[Scarsdale]

7. Not to worry.

The party of "Grand Old Pricks" will race to save his orange hide.

[Marcuse]

2. Only 36% of the Cohen documents asserted as privileged were not? Seems low.

But 36%= Nearly half?

[pnwmom]

3. But he only asserted a tiny proportion of the 300K reviewed so far are privileged.

So of 300,000 reviewed so far, less than 3,000 have been deemed privileged. Less than 1%.

[eggplant]

4. Ok, so let's start with those pages.

Hope they've got something juicy in them.

[pnwmom]

5. Yeah, that's a good idea!

[SkatmanRoth]

6. I hope Sean Hannity's name comes up frequently

[Scarsdale]

8. Me, too.

I hope they keep photos of his constipated face off the screens, though. He repulses me as much as tRump does.