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Everything tilts or curves downward at the edges - the eyes, the eyebrows, and the mouth.

If I were ANY of these attorneys, I wouldn't have wanted to get involved with this bunch for any load of publicity or presumed payment (watch 'em get stiffed, which is trump's style of "doing business&quot . The mark of trump is a professional buzzkill, I suspect. I think it was repentant Republican Rick Wilson who first stated that everything trump touches dies.

They'd probably have stayed on otherwise. They have other corrupt clients like him, believe me.

He needs all his cash for criminal defense now anyway.

Fabulous blast from the past

Not yet, anyway. After a throaty YEE-HAH! earlier in the day, I've settled into a mood of cautious optimism.

DEAR GODDESS!

1) He is unable to pay their bills.

and/or

2) He will not take their advice.


I suspect it's both. His lawyers have expressed concerns about costs, which a lawyer would do if they were afraid the client couldn't pay.

And I suspect they are advising cooperation and he may be resisting.

But he is absolutely fucked.

that lawyers in a high profile case like this would work pro bono if they could reasonably expect to win.

about the privilege review deadline, they specifically said that costs are astronomical.

No doubt timed to get buried by something else.

And we know Trump won't pay his legal bills, either.

SDNY? Federal, right?

... at least not that I've seen.

All Federal so far.

The taxi medallions alone could mean life in prison for him in NY.

to stop him cooperating. But then Cohen will just be subpoenaed to spill the dirt.

nt

the evidence to State Prosecuters whose convictions can’t be pardoned.

Never diss a man in front of his own family. When decision day comes he'll remember.

YES!!!!

NK in rear view mirror. The balls rolling now.... the intensity of Trump investigations will only increase until its over.

PS they are fighting over control of some 'possible' phone conversations Cohen allegedly recorded. Wasn't there another president in our past who behaved illegally and the tapes proved it so he quit? <sarcasm off>

But let's not be surprised if chump pardons this thug today.

*cough* Nixon. *cough*

Cohen's flipping, and he knows where a lot of the bodies are buried (so to speak).
He's got a lot of evidence and his testimony will be crucial, almost as damning as Manafort's would be.

So after Mr. Ryan makes false accusations against me in fed court, he now abandons Mr. Cohen, withdraws, tucks his tail between his legs, & goes home? Just like David Schwartz before him!! Not a good look and a disaster for Mr. Cohen and Mr. Trump.

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I'm mostly kidding, but this news does make the next steps so much more intriguing.

Clearly Trump is the big fish, and I'm sure Cohen has dirt on him, but what does he have? And what kind of evidence is there? Tapes? Emails?

And while the most important thing is bringing Trump to justice, I'd be lying if I said that I wouldn't be disappointed in not seeing the rest of them go down.

But seriously, I don't underestimate these guys. Especially knowing they can and will be pardoned by cheeto unless the charges are at the state level, and even then it's still not a given they won't be able to weasel themselves out of trouble.

... everyone twice when he can.

Unless they can put them all under state charges I expect few of them to see jail time

the coffee boy! LOL

In all seriousness, this is very serious and very good news.

I would think all those recorded conversations and documents would be the golden goose egg.

That might be why his attorneys aren't willing to continue. After seeing everything they might be thinking it is a lost cause.

But what this "cooperation" could do is lob a hit from an entirely different angle (money laundering from other countries, etc) outside of what Mueller is doing (primarily Russian collusion), although it's possible that any info "relevant" to Mueller's investigation (maybe Russian mob $$$?) could be passed over to Mueller.

Yes. This is good news.

After this past weekend's G-7 minus one fiasco, maybe an "improved" effort will be made to illuminate some of those activities.

So maybe they weren't getting paid. That law firm had quite a few people working 24/7 going thru the documents and that was very expensive. What a waste of money especially since Cohen damn well knew there wasn't much privileged info in there.

That would be appropriate considering it's what most everyday folks getting screwed by tRump's economic policies would have to do!
...

... see a day in jail though.

What are the chances there are some state charges involved?

thx in advance

evidence wheeled out of Cohen’s house and office and said “Outta here!”

Coupla things:

If his attorneys have filed a motion to withdraw, that will show up on the electronic docket in a little while.

If you represent a client in a court proceeding, you can't just bail out unless the court grants you permission to withdraw. They would have to file a motion to withdraw, and the court would have to grant that motion. So, perhaps someone is aware of the motion in the short time gap between it having been filed, and it showing up on the docket.

There are some narrow reasons why a court would grant that motion. If, say, the client was insisting on an illegal or unethical act, the lawyers can get out on that basis (through one of two routes). The other would be that the client has fired them (if, say, Cohen has decided to fall on his sword).

You don't really like to see too many instances in which the lawyers for a criminal defendant are allowed to leave. Sometimes the court can order them to stay on in an advisory capacity to the defendant, even if the defendant doesn't want them. The reason for that is that some criminal defendants are perfectly aware that by disrupting the attorney/client relationship, they can try to set up a situation where they can appeal on the basis of ineffective assistance of counsel.

In general, you WANT to see criminal defendants well represented, because the Sixth Amendment requires it. If they are not, then it is one of the ways in which a conviction can be challenged.

On defense, so isn't the most likely explanation that the move is at the request of the defendant?

Going to ensure a seamless protection of defendants right to counsel.

What I am wondering is if these reports don't indicate that Cohen's agreement to cooperate isn't further developed, including his "queen for the day" proffer?

I expect we are.going to know a lot more by RMS.

Very informative to those of us who only know law by way of My Cousin Vinny.

Sing, sing a song
Sing out loud
What youse guys did wrong

Sing of corruption so sad
Sing of Trumpy and Vlad

Sing, sing a song
Pop that pimple you've waited way to long

Don't worry that it's not
Good enough for Muellers
Office to hear
Just sing, sing a song

Sing, what youse did wrong
Let the world sing along
Sing of all Trumpy did wrong
Your prison stay won't be so long

Sing, sing a song
Turn states witness
So your sentence won't be so long

Hurry cause Putin has a way
Of making you disappear

Just sing, sing a song
(Just sing, sing a song)
Just sing, sing a song


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They the attorneys told him sure they would continue to carry his case but he had to pay upfront...

And Cohens case is in SWNY not sure Don the con has much pull with that grp of prosecutors.

Ask for delay to secure yet ANOTHER round of attorneys. Who's paying for all these lawyers?

Tattooed on his head! He knows too much about Trump's business dealings and he owes the Russian mob money.

Cohen could also fall out a window...

In his pictures from the Huffington Post story about this development, he looks like someone who's been up for two or three days without sleep. Too bad it's because he's worried about saving his own bacon, and not a sense of responsibility for the damage he's helped to incur on our nation, that's making him look that way....

*for himself*. That worn look, rather than shamed.

uh.....Did that even make sense? Lol!

and Trump too!!

Both he and Manafort have some really, really bad people who'll come after them if they flip. They will send them a message they can be gotten anywhere in the prison system, which is where they're heading. They also know many of these people can never be trusted. End of the day they'll both be flipped, and probably closely protected.

Making Cinnabons at the Westroads Mall in Omaha.
("Better Call Saul" reference)

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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God, I sure hope so!

&quot Mueller and you) will meet one day while you're in the courthouse. And (he) will take you for every penny you still don't have. And (he) will come after your (president) and everybody else that you possibly know. So (he's) warning you, tread very fucking lightly, (Mr. Cohen) because what (Mueller is) going to do to you is going to be fucking disgusting. You understand?"

&quot He's) going to mess your life up … for as long as you're on this frickin' planet … you're going to have judgments against you, so much money, you'll never know how to get out from underneath it."

Oh, and jail. Lots of jail.

That way he cannot hide behind the 5th amendment and can be compelled to testify.