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Trump’s Personal Lawyer Refuses to Cooperate With Congressional Inquiries

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Trump’s Personal Lawyer Refuses to Cooperate With Congressional Inquiries

By EMMARIE HUETTEMANMAY 30, 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/us/politics/michael-cohen-russia-investigation.html?_r=0


WASHINGTON — Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s personal lawyer, said on Tuesday that he was refusing to cooperate with House and Senate intelligence committee investigations into Russian election meddling. The move may prompt lawmakers to issue subpoenas, compelling him to provide documents, testimony or other records.

Mr. Cohen, a confidant of Mr. Trump who was also a spokesman during the campaign, called the requests “poorly phrased, overly broad and not capable of being answered.”

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come on Mr. Cohen, what's the big deal???????
 
cuban smokes said:
Trump’s Personal Lawyer Refuses to Cooperate With Congressional Inquiries

By EMMARIE HUETTEMANMAY 30, 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/us/politics/michael-cohen-russia-investigation.html?_r=0


WASHINGTON — Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s personal lawyer, said on Tuesday that he was refusing to cooperate with House and Senate intelligence committee investigations into Russian election meddling. The move may prompt lawmakers to issue subpoenas, compelling him to provide documents, testimony or other records.

Mr. Cohen, a confidant of Mr. Trump who was also a spokesman during the campaign, called the requests “poorly phrased, overly broad and not capable of being answered.”

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come on Mr. Cohen, what's the big deal???????
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Privileged information between a lawyer and his client. More than 1 way to skin a cat.
Can ya hear, Tax records pls
 
JANFU said:
Privileged information between a lawyer and his client. More than 1 way to skin a cat.
Can ya hear, Tax records pls
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They can refuse to hand them over.
 
cuban smokes said:
Trump’s Personal Lawyer Refuses to Cooperate With Congressional Inquiries

By EMMARIE HUETTEMANMAY 30, 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/us/politics/michael-cohen-russia-investigation.html?_r=0


WASHINGTON — Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s personal lawyer, said on Tuesday that he was refusing to cooperate with House and Senate intelligence committee investigations into Russian election meddling. The move may prompt lawmakers to issue subpoenas, compelling him to provide documents, testimony or other records.

Mr. Cohen, a confidant of Mr. Trump who was also a spokesman during the campaign, called the requests “poorly phrased, overly broad and not capable of being answered.”

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come on Mr. Cohen, what's the big deal???????
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I sure don't understand. There's attorney/client privilege. He can't be compelled to testify about anything relating to Trump. Let them subpoena him and put their questions in writing so Trump can approve his attorney answering them. Otherwise, his sitting in session listening to questions is a complete waste of time, for heaven's sake.

Why does every mole hill become a mountain?
 
You have to have evidence to require such an inquiry. You don't get to conduct an inquiry just "because".

No evidence? Then just shut the **** up, "committee".
 
That is to be expected from an attorney in this situation.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
That is to be expected from an attorney in this situation.
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CNN knows this. They're relying on the cluelessness of their viewers, just like a good little Democrat should.
 
Erod said:
You have to have evidence to require such an inquiry. You don't get to conduct an inquiry just "because".

No evidence? Then just shut the **** up, "committee".
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That is incorrect, they can in fact conduct an inquiry just because. Just like the FBI can do an investigation just because ( no probable cause needed ).
 
cuban smokes said:
Trump’s Personal Lawyer Refuses to Cooperate With Congressional Inquiries

By EMMARIE HUETTEMANMAY 30, 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/us/politics/michael-cohen-russia-investigation.html?_r=0


WASHINGTON — Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s personal lawyer, said on Tuesday that he was refusing to cooperate with House and Senate intelligence committee investigations into Russian election meddling. The move may prompt lawmakers to issue subpoenas, compelling him to provide documents, testimony or other records.

Mr. Cohen, a confidant of Mr. Trump who was also a spokesman during the campaign, called the requests “poorly phrased, overly broad and not capable of being answered.”

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come on Mr. Cohen, what's the big deal???????
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Mr. Cohen would be a pretty bad lawyer and probably not hired by anyone worth more than five dollars if he didn't refuse this. You must not know much about how lawyers work.
 
SocialD said:
That is incorrect, they can in fact conduct an inquiry just because. Just like the FBI can do an investigation just because ( no probable cause needed ).
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Inquiry, not a criminal investigation.
 
cuban smokes said:
come on Mr. Cohen, what's the big deal???????
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Mr. Cohen, a confidant of Mr. Trump who was also a spokesman during the campaign, called the requests “poorly phrased, overly broad and not capable of being answered.”
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That's probably the deal.
 
MaggieD said:
I sure don't understand. There's attorney/client privilege. He can't be compelled to testify about anything relating to Trump. Let them subpoena him and put their questions in writing so Trump can approve his attorney answering them. Otherwise, his sitting in session listening to questions is a complete waste of time, for heaven's sake.

Why does every mole hill become a mountain?
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They are desperate to create a crime that they can pin on President Trump.
 
reinoe said:
I can demand an invisible pink unicorn.
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Shameful that a Canadian has to school you on the powers of these committees.
 
JANFU said:
Nope- The Senate Int Com can demand them, now way around that.
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It's private personal information. It would be a violation of The Privacy Act if the documents were made public.
 
apdst said:
It's private personal information. It would be a violation of The Privacy Act if the documents were made public.
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Use Google- the facts will set you free
 
Just delete all the info claim it was just yoga related stuff. That will satisfy the democrats that there is nothing of interest there.
 
MaggieD said:
I sure don't understand. There's attorney/client privilege. He can't be compelled to testify about anything relating to Trump. Let them subpoena him and put their questions in writing so Trump can approve his attorney answering them. Otherwise, his sitting in session listening to questions is a complete waste of time, for heaven's sake.

Why does every mole hill become a mountain?
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It's simple. He isn't going to entertain the congressional monkeys unless they issue a subpoena stating exactly what they want and why they want it. He wouldn't be much of a lawyer if he did otherwise.
 
apdst said:
Inquiry, not a criminal investigation.
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There is nothing in the Constitutional that expresses the scope powers nor requirements of inquiry and/or investigation by Congress in these types of matters.
There have been a lot of court challenges. All practice in these matters has come from varying opinions by the courts over the years.
So there is no law that states they have to do this or that to conduct an investigation. The only requirement is that the investigation have a potential legislative purpose. Such as sanctions against a country or something like that however congress doesn't have to say what they will do just that there is potential for it
 
SocialD said:
There is nothing in the Constitutional that expresses the scope powers nor requirements of inquiry and/or investigation by Congress in these types of matters.
There have been a lot of court challenges. All practice in these matters has come from varying opinions by the courts over the years.
So there is no law that states they have to do this or that to conduct an investigation. The only requirement is that the investigation have a potential legislative purpose. Such as sanctions against a country or something like that however congress doesn't have to say what they will do just that there is potential for it
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Congress doesn't have the authority to violate a person's civil rights.
 
apdst said:
Congress doesn't have the authority to violate a person's civil rights.
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The executive branch pretty much corners the market on that , the legislative doesn't get much of a chance to.
 
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