Trump Fires Back At Cohen: 'What Kind Of A Lawyer Would Tape A Client? So Sad!'

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By Nicole Lafond | July 25, 2018 9:31 am

Following the release of a recording that appears to show President Donald Trump knew about a payment Michael Cohen made to an ex-Playboy model, Trump slammed his former lawyer on Twitter — again.

Link to tweet

Michael Cohen’s attorney released a recording of a conversation between Trump and Cohen before the 2016 election in which the two are heard discussing a payment to American Media Inc. to purchase the rights to a story about former Playboy model Karen McDougal, who claimed to have had an affair with Trump. The recording appears to show that Trump was very much aware of the payment, contrary to what his campaign and legal team have argued.

Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani told the media on Tuesday night that whether the tape implicates Trump is “open to interpretation” and he disputed key claims made by Cohen’s lawyer — that the tape shows Trump suggested that Cohen use cash to make the payment. Giuliani claimed Trump said “don’t pay with cash.”

Read the full transcript (provided to the media by Giuliani) of the recording here and listen the audio of the exchange in question here.

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[greymattermom]

1. A lawyer who

doesn't trust his client, right?

[Archae]

20. Exactly. Trump has (not had) a reputation for telling one lawyer something, and something else to

another.

[ChiTownDenny]

25. Unethical lawyer dealing with unethical client.

HAHAHAHAHAHA! I can't stop laughing!

[Oneironaut]

2. It's funny when the asshole in the whole situation doesn't know they're the asshole.

[jcgoldie]

32. I'm pretty sure that the story of his life

[bucolic_frolic]

3. One who knows

his client to be evasive, irascible, ambiguous, of unfirm mind, and often untruthful.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. June 2017: GOP Senator: If Donald Trump Has Tapes Of James Comey, He Should Hand Them Over

GOP Senator: If Donald Trump Has Tapes Of James Comey, He Should Hand Them Over

Schiff demands Trump turn over Comey 'tapes'

House Intel Committee threatens subpoena over Trump-Comey tapes

[Mc Mike]

11. Right, his 'criminal' lawyer, the criminal associate who is his right hand lawyer, taped him.

He taped the nation's top law enforcement officer, and threatened him.

We're supposed to see those facts and come away thinking 'tRump is law and order'. Squeaky clean.

[Botany]

5. "I was presumably saying positive things?"

Now is paying hush money to a woman you were fucking as your son was being born
in cash a positive thing or is paying a check positive thing?

BTW remember when they spent 7 years and $77 million to impeach Bill Clinton for a
B.J.? And the very same "pearl clutching" motherfuckers who were on the hunt for
Bill Clinton and the B.J. don't say shit now.

[Perseus]

17. And how they went on Hillary for standing by her man

How come it is OK for Melania to stand for her man and not get the rage they displayed against Hillary?

Hypocrites!!!!

[Botany]

18. And years later they chanted "lock her up" as a con man who is a Russian puppet egged them on.

Hate talk on the radio, the internet, and on Fox has poisoned many minds beyond help.
The person who needs to be locked up is D. Trump for selling out America to a hostile
foreign power.

We need to give up on those brain dead motherfuckers and turn out the vote and make
sure the vote is counted too. Lots more of us then there are of "them."

[elmac]

6. its all a part of his damage control

which started with his team leaking the tape.

[Pacifist Patriot]

7. Wild stab here, but I'm going to guess a lawyer who has a pathological liar for a client.

[Iliyah]

8. MFer is doing great damage to the USA.

shithole just can't shut up for nada.

[Mc Mike]

9. Sad!

Hope they charge Cohen with state charges anyway. No matter how bad this bust-up looks for the future of dRumpf-Cohen relations.

[marble falls]

10. That would be a lawyer who understands what life insurance is when he's dealing ...

with a lying, duplicitous client like Donald J cheetolini.

And Giuliani has already started backing off the exculpatory stuff, now its unclear as to what it really means. Its a work in progress, I guess.

[lark]

12. Almost funny.

drumpfs lawyers release a tape of Cohen and drumpf that they didn't have access to officially to embarass Cohen, then agent orange exlodes when Cohens' lawyers release a tape that shows assmouth lying, plainly lying. drumpf has no loyalty to anyone in the world except himself, Putin and maybe a bit for "toy"?

[Le Gaucher]

13. What kind of Lawyer? Donald Trump's Lawyer. They would be stupid not to. EOM

[malthaussen]

14. The kind of lawyer who has Donald Trump for a client.

You hired him, schmuck.

-- Mal

[beachbum bob]

15. Lol, any lawyer who is dealing with a morally corrupt client.

[bitterross]

16. One who works for a congenital liar.

Trump is such a liar, of course anyone with sense would want to tape him. Given the way he walks away from past agreements and changes what he says on a regular basis you'd be a fool not to record him.

[Achilleaze]

19. The republican kind

get a clue, Dirty Donny

[ck4829]

21. He probably wasn't recording his clients who lacked the penchant of changing stories and lying

Just sayin'.

[2naSalit]

22. Ha! Yours, idiot!

Geeze.

[riversedge]

23. Hey Trumpy--He is your type of lawyer--a crook just like you.

[DoctorJoJo]

37. Can You Imagine What a List of His Most Fervent Supporters Is Worth?

You could sell these fools ANYTHING!

[Initech]

24. Shut the fuck up, Donny.

[DBoon]

26. A lawyer who believes the client is trying to draw the lawyer into criminal activity ...

... where the lawyer wants to provide cover against future disbarment or criminal charges

The lawyer represents a crook and does not want to spend time in prison

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. A lawyer who can't trust his client as far as he can throw a grand piano,

that's what kind of a lawyer. Back when Spanky was just a sleazy real estate developer who got sued a lot, his lawyers would meet with him in pairs because they didn't trust what he might later claim they told him. Cohen was protecting himself. It might not have been ethical (although I'm not aware of any specific rules of professional conduct prohibiting it), but at least in NY, a one-party consent state, it was legal.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

28. Earth to Donald Trump....You can't be TRUSTED you dumb shit!

Damn, you are dumb, Donald!

[Solly Mack]

29. Any lawyer would be a fool not to tape Trump

[duforsure]

30. One that recognizes his client

Is even more corrupt than he is.

[no_hypocrisy]

34. I don't think it's unethical.

Attorneys make detailed memoranda about conversations, events dealing with their clients that they believe can be used against the case, their client -- or them in the future.

Taping a client makes a memorandum more credible and verifiable.

[former9thward]

31. Cohen's conduct is completely unethical.

He will be disbarred because of this if not for other legal problems.

[lsewpershad]

33. A client

who's a crook and cannot be trusted.

[Gothmog]

35. Trump cannot hire good lawyers because he is a crook and does not pay

Cohen is one of the few attorneys who would represent trump

[The Wizard]

36. A lawyer who knows his client is

a pathological, criminally insane liar is only protecting him / herself by recording conversations. If Trump had treated Cohen like a man ..... And Trump's penchant for not paying bills probably contributed to Cohen's decision to record Trump.

[BHDem53]

38. Only the best

because that's all you hire, spanky..

[DonCoquixote]

39. the sort who knows his client is willing

to have slit throats on a whim.

I hate to say it, but do not be surprised if some "lone gunman" like the NRA has armies of, or some "mobster" winds up killing Cohen. I do NOT put it past Trump.