FBI agents raided the office of one of Trump’s personal lawyers Michael Cohen on Monday at the request of Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
They were looking for dirt on porn star Stormy Daniels.
According to the Washington Post, FBI agents took Cohen’s computer, phone and personal financial records as part of the search of his office at Rockefeller Center.
Also, according to the New York Times, a special team of agents will be reviewing documents because conversations between lawyers and clients are protected in majority of cases.
Via The New York Times:
The seized records include communications between Mr. Trump and Mr. Cohen, which would likely require a special team of agents to review because conversations between lawyers and clients are protected from scrutiny in most instances.
Monday evening Trump blasted AG Sessions and the Mueller witch hunt.
Reaction from Trump supporters including attorneys Robert Barnes and Kurt Schlichter:
Story you will likely hear in #Cohen seizure is that a “taint” team is segregating the attorney-client records for review by agents that are not “part of” the case. in my experience, this is completely inadequate in high-profile politicized cases. https://t.co/isoXvYn8py
— Robert Barnes (@Barnes_Law) April 9, 2018
According to the NYT, “a special team of agents” is going to look at the attorney-client communications…
WHAT THE FUCK?
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) April 9, 2018
If by raiding the office of @realDonaldTrump’s attorney, the @fbi violated Trump’s attorney-client privilege, this is about to get really ugly.
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) April 9, 2018
Federal agents are stealing and reading communications between an attorney and his client, but the liberals and Fredocons are cool with it because they don’t like the client. https://t.co/zxgQ7jMq4G
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) April 9, 2018
Waiting to see if ACLU will weigh in on the raid of Michael Cohen’s office and home. If gov’t can seize privileged communication between a client and lawyer, what civil liberties are left? Hate @realDonaldTrump if you must, but 4th and 5th amendments shouldn’t be shredded.
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) April 9, 2018
