Hannity Was Michael Cohen’s Previously Unnamed Client
Fox News host Sean Hannity is reportedly the previously unnamed client of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen.
I don’t understand this judge’s position that “client identity and even fee arrangements must be revealed” and that the target’s attorneys are required to present evidence that rises to the level of an exception. Hannity is not the target of the search warrant. So how in the world is it the public’s right to know that he consulted with Cohen?
Judge says regarding unnamed third client, Cohen team “has not met the standard for an exception to the notion that client identity and even fee arrangements must be revealed.”
— erica orden (@eorden) April 16, 2018
Judge has ruled that client name must be disclosed publicly now.
— erica orden (@eorden) April 16, 2018
For everyone waiting for the name: there is further discussion happening over some of the related points of the disclosure of this name. It hasn’t yet been announced.
— erica orden (@eorden) April 16, 2018
Sean Hannity has responded to the news, telling The Wall Street Journal’s Rebecca Ballhaus that he has “sought legal advice from Michael.”
Sean Hannity’s response to being named Michael Cohen’s third client: “We have been friends a long time. I have sought legal advice from Michael.”
— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) April 16, 2018
Sean Hannity just now addressed the announcement on his radio show. “It’s very strange to watch my own television network with my name in the lower third.”
— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) April 16, 2018
Twitter responds:
This should scare anyone who has an attorney. He was no part of this investigation and his rights to attorney client privilege was egregiously violated. I don’t care if you’re liberal or conservative this is WRONG!
— Not PC (@ksbyron) April 16, 2018
Am I missing something? @seanhannity is a public figure with a lawyer…Why is the #MSM having an orgasm over this?
— 🇺🇸 (@Dega_1964) April 16, 2018
Great, so what? Mueller is a crook!
— Linda Marsh (@Dixiebelle66) April 16, 2018
None of anybody’s business if a person hires a lawyer.
— PattiD05 (@PattiD05) April 16, 2018
Typical corrupt judge Kimba Wood unnecessarily revealing clients names. Hack in a robe.
— Francisco D’A (@Francisco_DA57) April 16, 2018
Is he have to give the name of a third-party client who may have nothing to do with why he’s in court this is ridiculous
— mrsplants (@mrsplants) April 16, 2018
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