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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums***BREAKING: Judge Rejects Trump's Request to Review Seized Cohen Materials***
But feeling her way toward a resolution of the clash involving Mr. Trump and prosecutors investigating Mr. Cohen, the judge, Kimba M. Wood, signaled that she was considering appointing a special master to assist prosecutors if and when they cull through documents seized in the raids.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/nyregion/michael-cohen-court-hearing.html
bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,892 posts).... I think (I have lost track )
OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)Payback is hell Repukes
regnaD kciN
(26,045 posts)I guess it would depend on who got appointed. I really don't see the need for additional layers of oversight beyond the standard "taint team," myself.
BumRushDaShow
(129,892 posts)they had already set up a "dirty team" and a "clean team" to handle the materials from the very start.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,498 posts)"Tiny hands created much Taint." .....
Andrew C Laufer, Esq @lauferlaw
and
Sean Hannity should be fired from Fox News. Its unethical, unprofessional and a violation of all norms of reporting for a journalist not to disclose his personal or financial interest in a story he is covering."
Keith Boykin @keithboykin
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Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,892 posts)0rganism
(23,984 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,892 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Never really noticed that until the photo you posted.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)C Moon
(12,225 posts)He'll have a fit and destroy something else the Dems put into place.
BumRushDaShow
(129,892 posts)Didn't check to see if he was or not...
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)So they were saying on MJ this am.
BumRushDaShow
(129,892 posts)can ever rise to the level of being "a distraction"!
GusBob
(7,286 posts)You actually could do the same thing
He is going to watch TV for the next 5-6 hours and then start again at 5 am for another 4 hours
Everyone in the whole world knows this, allies and enemies both
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,498 posts)The other two are taking a break from reality.
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Bernardo de La Paz
(49,064 posts)Mueller and his team and the FBI and the intelligence community and the leakers are all part of the Executive branch.
BumRushDaShow
(129,892 posts)then the other Branches' work would be all for naught.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,064 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,498 posts)but, ultimately the courts will have to take Mueller's ball and complete the game. Unfortunately, if an impeachment hand is dealt, we're in the hands of a divided Congress unless our Blue Wave sweeps both chambers.
Much has been said about the theoretical wall of separation between the Executive office and Justice, but tRump seem hell-bent on destroying that tradition.
Regardless of the outcome, severe damage has been done to the GOP and I think that will get worse. However, our electorate seems to have a very short memory.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)we have to consider whether he's a Trump lackey. Will the master of the docs be like Rosenstein? Or more like Sessions? Or like attorney Robert Bork? Trump has his "people" everywhere. He even had Hannity and a whole news organization as his mouthpiece.
pioche4
(114 posts)"He loses in court, so now he's got to go kill some brown people"
Link to tweet
Syria state TV does not specify who may have fired the missiles at the Shayrat air base but Pentagon says there was no US activity in the region
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/17/syria-missiles-fired-at-air-base-near-homs-state-tv
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,498 posts)And, most likely supported by the Pentagon. Maybe a chickenhawk response to right-wing criticism of tRump not doing enough damage with the recent U.S. strike.
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raven mad
(4,940 posts)sTrumpet will do ANYTHING to wag the dog. Besides, his toddlerness really likes rockets and fireworks........... and holidays....
BobTheSubgenius
(11,573 posts)OH frabjous day, calloo callay
LiberalFighter
(51,267 posts)But then again. If I understand it correctly. The Special Master keeps a log of what they keep or don't keep. Which might become public.
pioche4
(114 posts)I think since DT shouldn't even have a finger in a business interest as president, then executive privilege shouldn't be able to be exerted...time will tell...
For the first time, Trump Organization attorney Alan Futerfas appeared in court to present his interest on behalf of the Trump familys sprawling real estate company.
Futerfas requested that the company be allowed to review all documents seized by federal agents that relate to the Trump Organization, so that they can help the government make privilege designations.
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK 04.16.18. 6:56 pm - Talking Points Memo
The Inside Story Of Michael Cohens Day In Court
Michael Cohens Monday afternoon hearing at Manhattans Daniel Patrick Moynihan federal courthouse drew much heavier crowds than his initial hearing last week thanks to two special guests: Cohen himself and adult film star Stormy Daniels.
The first glimpse of a stern-looking Cohen came at around 1:30 p.m. as he moved through the lobby, flanked by his attorneys, past a long line of reporters and interested members of the public waiting to ascend to the courtroom on the 21st floor.
Daniels didnt arrive until later. As the audience took their seats and the hands of the clock on the courtrooms back wall crept towards 2 p.m., reporters kept turning around in their seats to see if she would turn up as her lawyer Michael Avenatti had promised she would. At around 1:59 p.m., the door peeked open and a guard could be seen telling Avenatti, Were full. A pair of sky-high heels were visible through the crack.
After a few moments of muttered negotiations, the security team shifted a reporter to a different seat and in walked Avanatti and Daniels. Though Cohen didnt turn around, every other eye in the room was on the pair as they took their seats in the corner. One of the in-house court reporters seated in the jury box stood up to get a better look, and two of the female court sketch artists donned what looked like opera glasses to get a clearer view of their subject.
The next dramatic moment came when Sean Hannity was revealed to be Cohens mysterious third client. As I reported, the judge ordered Cohens lawyers to disclose his name in open court immediately after they failed to prove at all that his identity should be treated with special care. After Cohen attorney Stephen Ryan stood up and gave the name, the courtroom broke into gasps and murmurs, and a contingent of reporters rushed outside to share the news.
Another notable incident: For the first time, Trump Organization attorney Alan Futerfas appeared in court to present his interest on behalf of the Trump familys sprawling real estate company. Futerfas requested that the company be allowed to review all documents seized by federal agents that relate to the Trump Organization, so that they can help the government make privilege designations.
The various parties were met with a swarm of cameras when the hearing finally wrapped up at 5 p.m. Shutters clicked as Daniels and Avenatti departed in a black SUV. Passersby snapped photographs of the chaos on their smartphones, and one woman muttered to her friend, Ive never seen anything like this.
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 16: Michael Cohen leaves Federal Court after his hearing on the FBI raid of his hotel room and office on April 16, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images)
(Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images)
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