In Federal court this morning, fixer and consigliere for demagogue and con man Donald "Rump" Trump, Michael "Clown Roy Cohn" Cohen named Rump and family values Rethuglican donor Elliott Broidy as two of his legal services clients among his 10 clients, but declined to name the eight others as ordered by District Judge Kimba Wood last Friday. A third client for Cohen's legal services asked Cohen not to disclose his name. Cohen's lawyers claimed that seven were clients in a "strategic advice" and business consulting role, rather than for legal services. Of course, Cohen's sketchy business involvement with foreign entities and arguably shady individuals at home is what could lead to answers about his involvement in money laundering and fraud that could give Federal prosecutors leverage in their investigation. Cohen, who's been described as a "non-disclosure industrial complex," may have other clients like Rump and Broidy who've paid off people for their silence. We would expect Judge Wood to send his lawyers back with a "try harder" order to come up with the remaining names.
Cohen's lawyers also asked the judge to allow an "independent" reviewer to examine the documents seized in the raid on his office and home to determine attorney-client privilege. In a seperate motion, lawyers for Rump also asked for access to the seized documents. These tactics are meant to delay proceedings and give Cohen and Rump time to prepare a counterattack, but they're certainly not the actions of innocent, cooperating people. With one blue chip law firm after another declining to represent Rump's criminal enterprise, they'll need all the time they can get.
UPDATE: Well well. It appears that the third legal client is none other than Rump propagandist and ass licker Sean Hannity. This is delicious. Now what specific legal service might Cohen offer to Hannity?
Why on earth would @seanhannity need to hire a "fixer" whose specialty seems to be hush agreements for high profile men caught up with younger women?— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) April 16, 2018
Why, gee, you know, I just can't think of any reason at all. None. None at all.
I'm stumped.
UPDATE II: The comments on Hannity's twitter account are brutal. Mwahahaha.
