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78. Being retired we tend to watch a LOT of TV News - MSNBC and CNN

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 10:59 PM

Apr 2018

(Disclaimer: I am not now nor have I ever been a lawyer) The question of privilege seems to be a somewhat complicated one. From what I have hard various lawyers say:

1. If I am at a party and see a casual acquaintance who happens to be a lawyer. If I engage him in conversation and ask him a legal question and he give me his legal opinion and no one else is around to hear our conversation, then privilege.

2. If I swing by the office of a friend who is a lawyer and we go out to lunch and chat about our families, our vacations, blah, blah, then no privilege attaches.

Money does NOT have to change hands for privilege to attach nor does there need to be anything in writing. Like I say, from what I have heard, it's complicated.

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So let me get this straight re: Hannity/Cohen [View all] EarlG Apr 2018 OP

Attorney-client privilege belongs to the client Sanity Claws Apr 2018 #1

I like this. -nt poboy2 Apr 2018 #2

:) Poor Hannity, career rock and legal hard place. Hortensis Apr 2018 #35

but the point is garybeck Apr 2018 #81

I hope they have audio of Hannity confessing his sexual liaisons to Cohen Jarqui Apr 2018 #3

Gross Cary Apr 2018 #18

He's not another republican kinkster, is he? Achilleaze Apr 2018 #41

lol@kinkster.. Cha Apr 2018 #59

I see what you did there. Funtatlaguy Apr 2018 #54

Yes, also the fact that there are only three clients manor321 Apr 2018 #4

Not only that, he never gets paid. Midnight Writer Apr 2018 #83

That seems to be the the argument in a nutshell. herding cats Apr 2018 #5

could be cohen recorded calls with hannity about trump..... getagrip_already Apr 2018 #14

I had that same thought. herding cats Apr 2018 #16

"....cohen isn't a very good attorney." TommyCelt Apr 2018 #92

soooooooo getagrip_already Apr 2018 #93

Yep! hannity gave the wrong answer. kentuck Apr 2018 #6

If Hannity knew what was good for him he would shut his mouth IMMEDIATELY blugbox Apr 2018 #7

Like his buddy Rump, shutting his pie-hole is really not Hannity's strong point flibbitygiblets Apr 2018 #11

My thought too. Provided there was no connection with the case. LiberalFighter Apr 2018 #50

Waitaminnit... grumpyduck Apr 2018 #8

Yes, he said it. He also said he never paid Cohen in $. Marcuse Apr 2018 #10

Something for something. WheelWalker Apr 2018 #32

Yep. Hannity tried to disengage at first, then realized Ilsa Apr 2018 #15

That is not correct whopis01 Apr 2018 #58

Thank you. nt Ilsa Apr 2018 #70

High School dropout Hannity is the sharpest knife in the drawer jpak Apr 2018 #9

Hannity said there was no third party involved. mainstreetonce Apr 2018 #12

Best hammer in the bag... NT The Polack MSgt Apr 2018 #19

+1 uponit7771 Apr 2018 #21

He is one of tRump's "best people". . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #36

Sharpest knife in the drawer at Faux Snooze. Dem_in_Nebr. Apr 2018 #67

lol! orleans Apr 2018 #13

This just gets funnier OldHippieChick Apr 2018 #23

Of all the right-wing blowhards in broadcast media... cab67 Apr 2018 #17

He is without a doubt the only one of them... vi5 Apr 2018 #28

he's an ultracrepidarian. cab67 Apr 2018 #40

Hope it is as creepy as it sounds, off to look it up! MLAA Apr 2018 #65

Hannity thinks the fact that he did not compensate Cohen with cash is a positive for him. Marcuse Apr 2018 #29

Any possibility it was the other way around, and Cohen compensated Hannity fierywoman Apr 2018 #79

That's why he interrupts and blabs and bullies so much. Beartracks Apr 2018 #96

No privilege existed, lol grantcart Apr 2018 #20

Being retired we tend to watch a LOT of TV News - MSNBC and CNN Stonepounder Apr 2018 #78

Not a lawyer but in a family of lawyers grantcart Apr 2018 #80

He did say last night blue cat Apr 2018 #84

Recommended. H2O Man Apr 2018 #22

Good to see you here H2O Man The Polack MSgt Apr 2018 #24

Hey, Dude, good to see you back! TygrBright Apr 2018 #25

It probably can. You and I are OldHippieChick Apr 2018 #26

Hey there, good to see you back Hekate Apr 2018 #33

With this crowd yes, it can get stranger, lol! ms liberty Apr 2018 #39

Good to hear from you! femmedem Apr 2018 #43

Welcome back, H2O Man! I hope all is well with you now. nt tblue37 Apr 2018 #55

Happy to see your post.. mountain grammy Apr 2018 #60

Heh... delicious was exactly what I was going to write. Ellipsis Apr 2018 #27

Hannity is changing his tune HopeAgain Apr 2018 #30

Trump real estate? nt Dulcinea Apr 2018 #63

Yummy stuff! BlueJac Apr 2018 #31

Does that mean Cohen lied to the court about Hannity ? OnDoutside Apr 2018 #34

Why did Cohen say Hannity was a client? This smells. slater71 Apr 2018 #37

Of course he lied mikeysnot Apr 2018 #95

I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the Feds being able to look at ALL Cohen's client files. Chemisse Apr 2018 #38

The Feds are proposing a "taint" team More_Cowbell Apr 2018 #48

I knew most of what you wrote, but your last paragraph makes a good point. Chemisse Apr 2018 #52

Thats what it sounds like to be ismnotwasm Apr 2018 #42

Karma orangecrush Apr 2018 #44

So Hannity is saying that Cohen lied to the court? DesertRat Apr 2018 #45

Josh Marshall Tweets.. Cha Apr 2018 #61

Mahalo, Cha DesertRat Apr 2018 #62

Yes, this exactly! herding cats Apr 2018 #72

.. Cha Apr 2018 #74

+1, This is the bigger news IMHO !!! uponit7771 Apr 2018 #68

He lied, but Hannity wants attorney client privilege... herding cats Apr 2018 #73

I can't wait until Hannitys hooker liaison is exposed. blueinredohio Apr 2018 #46

Please let it be a rent boy! RVN VET71 Apr 2018 #49

Cohen: "He was a coffee boy." japple Apr 2018 #47

Hannity says he never paid Cohen C_U_L8R Apr 2018 #51

Must have been another Hannity voteearlyvoteoften Apr 2018 #53

Right Wing Conspiracy TheRealNorth Apr 2018 #56

K&R... spanone Apr 2018 #57

Hannity wants it both ways Raven123 Apr 2018 #64

He also said that he paid he "10 bucks or something" so that he WhiteTara Apr 2018 #66

Nah, he has his mouth and his butt. They both say different things. IluvPitties Apr 2018 #71

Then there is his little brain WhiteTara Apr 2018 #75

And yet they both make similar sounds. n/t Beartracks Apr 2018 #97

TMZ: "On his radio show...Sean Hannity...den(ied) that Michael Cohen ever represented him... rocktivity Apr 2018 #69

Assumed.... mbusby Apr 2018 #76

He hires the best people DumpDrumpf Apr 2018 #77

YOU LOSE! YOU GET NOTHING!! GOOD DAY, SIR! blugbox Apr 2018 #86

Totally DumpDrumpf Apr 2018 #90

Cohen's a sham lawyer, atty./client claim shouldn't be honored. nt oasis Apr 2018 #82

K&R stonecutter357 Apr 2018 #85

Yep, you're right NastyRiffraff Apr 2018 #87

But the filter/taint team is already reviewing documents, right? Orsino Apr 2018 #88

I just want to try to recap- maybe just for my own benefit. MGKrebs Apr 2018 #89

Hannity mentioned 'real estate' advice. poboy2 Apr 2018 #94

Who says all payments have to be cash, PRETZEL Apr 2018 #91