Rudy Giuliani: Michael Cohen Has Been Warned To Keep His Mouth Shut

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Huffington Post

07/28/2018 11:02 pm ET Updated 45 minutes ago

Cohen is in ‘grave danger of being disbarred’ for violating attorney client privilege, says Trump’s lawyer.
By Mary Papenfuss

Donald Trump’s legal team has warned his former fixer Michael Cohen to stop speaking out and violating lawyer client confidentiality, the president’s attorney Rudy Giuliani told ABC News Saturday. The warning comes just six days days after the team waived lawyer client privilege concerning a recorded conversation between Cohen and his former boss about a former Playboy model.

“We have complained” to Cohen’s lawyers that “he’s violated the attorney-client privilege, publicly and privately,” Giuliani told the network. Giuliani said Cohen is in “grave danger of being disbarred.”

But Cohen’s attorney Lanny Davis told Huffpost in a statement that Giuliani “seems to be confused.”

He “expressly waived attorney client privilege last week and repeatedly and inaccurately — as proven by the tape — talked and talked about the recording, forfeiting all confidentiality,” Davis added.

Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/giuliani-says-cohen-has-been-warned-to-keep-quiet_us_5b5cff5ae4b0b15aba997304

[Lithos]

1. Cohen's attorney is correct

Plus Trump dismisses Cohen's status early on. Plus I think at some level, Attorney Client privilege does not work if the Client is in the act or encouraging the commission of a crime.

[Snellius]

4. In tape Trump and Cohen are conspiring to commit fraud against McDougal

The whole scheme was to deceive McDougal that her story would be published by the National Enquirer. In which case it is not protected by attorney-client privilege.

[bitterross]

28. I'd like to think you are correct.

But I doubt lying to someone about when/how/whether a story will be published rises to the level of a fraud.

I suspect any contract was all about her not going to anyone else in exchange for the payment. That there is nothing in the contract about a promise to publish.

[Snellius]

39. If not fraud, they were also conspiring to launder money

by creating false corporations to pay a dummy third-party in cash so the transaction could not be traced back to Trump as an illegal campaign donation. There's so much larceny going on in those tapes you can almost pick any crime. Just as Trump knows no distinction between fact and truth, he sees no difference between legal and criminal. Like the mafia.

[Lithos]

32. Yep

Commission of a crime is not protected...

[thbobby]

2. The desperation of the Rudy

The stench of fear in the trump klan. The stench of laughter and joy for the rest of America.

[SamKnause]

3. Giuliani is the ugliest clown I have ever seen.

I have never liked clowns, but he takes my dislike to a whole new level.

He is not funny, but he certainly is a joke.

[lark]

17. I have to differ with you.

Giuliani is truly bad, but Drumpf is the ugliest clown I've ever seen. He's a total joke with the one patch of orange white hair swirled over his whole head, died orange snarling face, tiny assmouth, tiny fingers and huge belly and ass. No one is as ugly as he is, especially when you consider the inside and the outside. He's even uglier inside than he is outside, and that's totally bad.

[SamKnause]

29. I have to differ with you.

Trump is not a clown.

He is more in line with the Joker.

The Joker, played by Heath Ledger.

He is purposefully cruel and evil.

His clothes are ill fitting.

His hair is a strange color.

His skin is a strange color.

He immensely enjoys hurting people.

Heath Ledger could have based his character, the Joker, from observing and imitating Trump.

Giuliani is more of a clown or court jester.

[MFM008]

33. This!

......

[Kaleva]

36. The Joker is brilliant. Trump is far from that

Trump is much more like Capt. Murphy of Sealab 2021 then Heath Ledger's Joker

[duforsure]

5. Sounds to me like

HE's in jeopardy of witness tampering.

[mopinko]

21. this

[Takket]

34. exactly

Guiliani doesn't get to decide what is privileged. the courts do, and the process of doing so with Cohen's files has been PAINSTAKING to make sure they don't give drumpf's team even a sliver of hope that they can escape this mess by crying privilege.

His acting like he gets to dictate to Cohen and his lawyers what privilege is, and what consequences might be suffered if they don't listen to him, is clear tampering. He should be disbarred and prosecuted himself for these threats.

[Scarsdale]

6. Or what, Rudy?

Cement shoes? Poor desperate Rudy. Just like his "boss" a wanna-be wise guy. Now they are emulating the Russian mob.

[ouija]

7. I think

The last thing he is worried about is being disbarred.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

40. Yeah. For one thing, who would want to hire Cohen as a lawyer?

Right now, he's most interested in keeping out of the slammer.

[Siwsan]

8. Saying that Giuliani seems to be confused is the understatement of the year

Giuliani is a textbook example of a blithering idiot.

[Dave Starsky]

15. Rudy belongs in the dementia wing of a nursing home.

With one of those electronic wristbands to prevent him from wandering off and exposing his genitals to guests.

That the news media can pretend that he's even the least little bit competent is a fucking joke.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

41. Guiliani comes across as not being a very good lawyer n/t

[Siwsan]

44. He was pretty highly thought of, back when he was a prosecutor

Then he tossed aside his ethics and started letting his ego run his life. Now he is nothing more than a disgrace.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

46. When he was US Attorney for the Southern District of New York

He didn't really build the cases, he oversaw the lawyers who did the actual work.

[gordianot]

9. Is Donald Trump worth spending decades in prison?

Your family goes broke and you do not get a Presidential pardon for State crimes.What Rudy is missing in this rant Cohen is a lowlife thug who knows his own guilt. When it came down to it Trump is not worth taking a bullet. I do hope this sour old man (Rudy) gets his own Cohen moment very soon.

[truthisfreedom]

10. I'm sure he's in grave danger (deadly)

But it’s just you threatening his life.

[Harker]

11. Somehow I doubt

that his future law career is foremost in his thoughts.

[EricMaundry]

12. Rudy is there for distraction purposes only

He doesn't do serious law.

[Maxheader]

13. "he's violated the attorney-client privilege,"

Oh but rudy! Its a matter of national security! Americu can't be
having a lying low life running around causing problems!!

[marble falls]

14. Witness tampering is against the law, Rudy. There is no privilege if the attorney and client ...

conspired. Rudy should know that - John Gotti lost Mike Cutler as an attorney over that.

Attorney's have an obligation as officers of the court to report ongoing crimes.

[duforsure]

22. We'll see soon

How long before HE flips on trump knowing they've got them all. Rudy will for sure be flipping . He's just another phony liar who claims loyalty when he knows that's a lie too.

[marble falls]

23. Wouldn't that be rich!

[7wo7rees]

24. +1

[stonecutter357]

16. Rudy Giuliani/ RWNJ .

[Princess Turandot]

18. Given that Cohen doesn't actually practice law most of the time...

...as shown by the review of the many documents seized from his office by the FBI, he's probably not worried about the state bar at the moment.

Not to mention, who in their right mind would want this putz to do legal work for them at this point.

[PSPS]

19. Cohen was never an attorney. He's only been an "attorney."

[duforsure]

20. Has trump got a lot of

Dirt on ghouliani now ? That's why he's working for him and putin now? Trump and putin have a long history of dong that to others for them to illegally influence others (especially politicians) with. This is their pattern of doing this to people , like putins doing to trump now, and has him exactly where he wants him as an asset.

[librechik]

25. so witness tampering.

[blueseas]

26. Thug life

We are living in the GodFather movie time.

[El Viejo]

27. Rudy again

Since when does a client accept "advice" from his opponent's mouthpiece?

[cstanleytech]

30. Correct me if I am wrong but if an attorney is engaged in committing or helping a client plan

a criminal that privilege flies out the window?
Not to mention didnt Trump deny Cohen was his attorney a few months back?

[nolabels]

31. Mr Cohen may not be that great of attorney but he seems like a pretty good card player

He probably never signed up for a gig in the national spotlight and stuck in between the rock and hard place where he's at not many could blame him.

[defacto7]

35. Sending a message?

"grave danger"? I don’t think being disbarred is deadly. I also don't think Cohen thinks he has a chance of not being disbarred.

[yurbud]

37. At this point, Cohen's greater concern is staying out of prison himself anyway

[Nitram]

38. There are worse things than being disbarred, such as spending years in prison.

[flying_wahini]

42. Ghouliani is wormtongue.

n/t

[D23MIURG23]

43. I would be very surprised if disbarrment was the worst thing Cohen had to worry about. n/t

[Bradical79]

45. I don't think disbarment is at the top of his list of concerns

As far as his legal career is concerned, I think he's probably screwed regardless.