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RandySF

(57,659 posts)
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 11:05 AM Jun 2018

Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen likely to cooperate as his attorneys leave case, sources say

As attorneys for Michael Cohen rush to meet Judge Kimba Wood’s Friday deadline to complete a privilege review of over 3.7 million documents seized in the April 9 raids of Cohen’s New York properties and law office, a source representing this matter has disclosed to ABC News that the law firm handling the case for Cohen is not expected to represent him going forward.

To date, Cohen has been represented by Stephen Ryan and Todd Harrison of the Washington and New York firm, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP.

No replacement counsel has been identified as of this time.

Cohen, now with no legal representation, is likely to cooperate with federal prosecutors in New York, sources said. This development, which is believed to be imminent, will likely hit the White House, family members, staffers and counsels hard.



https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-cooperate-attorneys-leave-case/story?id=55861988

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Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen likely to cooperate as his attorneys leave case, sources say (Original Post) RandySF Jun 2018 OP
FLIP FIP FLIP FLIP FLIP bearsfootball516 Jun 2018 #1
R big #5 & K!1 UTUSN Jun 2018 #2
Cohen is running out of money to pay legal fees Gothmog Jun 2018 #3
Lets wait and see, running out of money is not a reason a court lets a lawyer off the hook uponit7771 Jun 2018 #4
Lawyers fired Cohen as a client due to unpaid legal fees Gothmog Jun 2018 #5

Gothmog

(144,005 posts)
3. Cohen is running out of money to pay legal fees
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 01:17 PM
Jun 2018

In order to review all of the documents seized for privilege issues, I heard that Cohen's law firm had 10 to 20 attorneys working full time just on this one project. At New York rates, this would add up to $50,000 to $100,000 per day. I suspect that Cohen is running out of funds necessary to review all of the documents seized by the FBI and so is having to get new attorneys


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