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Cohen did it? >> i dont know of any reputable lawyers that would do that and i think probably the new york bar has guidance regarding the duties of lawyers and whether or not its ethical to record clients. its not normal practice. not that -- bar rules are something thats at the top of his list of concerns, but i wouldnt be surprised if the new york bar looked at it. its not normal practice. it might be one of the reasons, i think, perhaps that donald trump relied on michael cohen so much for a ...

Clients name?" steve ryan says, "the legal ground, your honor, is first of all mr. cohens duty to the client under the bar codes that weve presented the court with. the judge says, "well, remember that what we deal with here is federal law and 2nd circuit law." mr. cohens lawyer says, "no, no, understood. im talking about the bar rules, meaning legal ethics rules that govern mr. cohens conduct in terms of releasing the name." the judge said, "well, if i order that it be released, he has no probl...

Person now, the concern is even if we put it in a sealed proceeding right now that it might be released. if we could count on that not being released to the public, at this point no one would want to be associated with the fact that they were a client in this way because of the notoriety around this search warrant. were protecting the identity of that person, but not from the court and not from an in-camera review by the court. i can give you that name right now in a sealed envelope and provide ...

This legal argument which suggests that although it could be a questionable practice under bar rules, its not an illegal practice in the state of new york. so what matters here is the substance of these tapes, and in the context of what we now know to be the unfolding criminal investigation, there could be information avenatti is aware of on those tapes that would be damaging to cohen. >> i want to bring in charlie sikes. a contributing eder to the "weekly standard" and an msnbc contributor. tha...

Up until a few days ago, he showed great restraint and showed discipline. we knew that with never going to last. lo and behold he cracked on thursday and made the statements on air force one. as a result, we dont think theres any question there is no agreement. the nda is thrown out the window. >> youre a pretty good lawyer. how long have you been practicing law? >> 18 years. >> i want to ask you some questions in the way it works between an attorney and a client. would you or have you ever, as ...

He paid it on his own. and if thats a violation of the new york bar rules and that means that he has to lose his license to practice law, hes willing to take that hit on behalf of the president. i think due to the report that you mentioned related to the special prosecutor, the noose is tightening on that front as well. and let me just say this, there seems to be a lot of confidence by the president in michael cohens ability to take this much heat and this much weight, and were talking about a l...

Prosecutor whos very interesting in michael cohens dealings for donald trump involving all sorts of activity, including possibly foreign businesses. how does your litigation interact, if it does at all, in terms of pressure on michael cohen with the special prosecutors investigation? >> well, i think what were seeing, lawrence, over the last two weeks is a concentrated effort by the president and his surrogates and michael cohen is playing along, to really put the focus as it relates to our case...

And the address it uses is a trump property. so if she says that she was not acting in the capacity of the trump organization then i think the next question that we might want answer answer to is who, then, is paying for her services in doing this atreatment in working as a lawyer? whether or not shes allowed to work in a personal capacity depends on whether her employer, the trump organization, allowed her to do so. some statement bar state bars wt circumstance so if shes in the california bar ...

Arbitration in california that you say michael cohn set up this arbitration just kind of quickly, you werent informed, stormy daniels wasnt informed and they got a ruling that you say is invalid. did you not know that michael cohn was doing this arbitration. >> this arbitration has so many problems. i dont think we can describe them all. but i will take a shot to describe few of them. first of all, the arbitration was not brought in donald trumps name but in the llc. name that the attorney set u...

Mailing. if he is just working in his private law firm, why is he using the campaign organizations e-mail? so i dont think the president or his team can continue to make the assertion that michael cohen had no communication with donald trump during the time period that he is negotiating this settlement. and this has been said over again, but i think it is worst noting, michael cohen is barred by the state of new york. and he is bound by ethical rules when he handles matters on behalf of his clie...