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Only about 250 to do with any potential attorney/client privilege. so clearly michael cohen was doing a whole lot of fixing and very little lawyering. >> one of those fixes involved obviously stormy daniels, right? >> right. >> this is something he said he did on his own. it wasnt at the direction of the president. but when he was asked, again, by george stephanopoulos, you know, this is something cohen tells him, i want to answer one day, i will answer, but for now, i cant comment further on ad...

The standard is very high. and they got it. and they got documents. and they got over 300,000 documents that were just reviewed for attorney general/client privilege, and only about 168 of them were deemed attorney/client privilege. rest of the 300,000 were not. look, hes got a long relationship with president trump. i dont know if he has the goods on him. i dont know if hell be a credible witness. >> well see. >> e can bet you the governments going to want to use him. >> i have read legal bills...

The j, there was a name israel by every male and every female, sarah on their passport. the notion of separating people is what disturb me. im a law professor, i dont believe for a moment that any of the law enforcement, i.c.e. agents are in any way nazis, theyre not just following orders, and so forth. but, i do believe that the execution of our immigration laws and the broken system we have is ill con receivered from the muslim ban to this. it doesnt make a difference to me who my clients are....

Orders, and so forth. but, i do believe that the execution of our immigration laws and the broken system we have is illconceived from the muslim ban to this. it doesnt make a difference to me who my clients are. today i can speak up, and ill be respectful on the attorney/client privilege, on the relationships i have and everything i do. i need to speak up. im a former mayor and a very proud american. this is not in the spirit of what our founding fathers and mothers visualized. >> so, she spoke ...

To the united states as a culture and economic -- >> i have to be delicate. i still represent mrs. trump and i have to respect the attorney, client privilege. they are a first class family where children come first. you saw how mrs. trump didnt go to the white house until her son was able to acclimate into the process. this is a very, very difficult issue, and her office came out with a statement urging both parties, and this is not a partisan issue. this is an american challenge that we have to...

Professor dershowitz, i wonder what you make of michael cohen looking for a new legal team. there are various reports it could be a money, lawyers ct or a cha about theern strategy. >> i see them all working together. if you are worried about paying cheaper to cooperate than to litigate. if you want a lawyer who is closer and more familiar with the southern district, that is also a likelihood that you want somebody who is admired and respected in the southern district who can make a deal with yo...

Closer and more familiar with the southern district, t is also a likelihood that you want somebody who is admired and respected in the south district who can make a deal with you. i think the real problem is that he cant cooperate as much as he would like to because he cant disclose anything that is lawyer/client privilege. he can disclose things outside of the privilege. but he cant just walk in and say let me tell you anyth i know about my former client donald trump. the u.s. attorneys office ...

Report from the hearing. >> reporter: the judge told all parties to pick up the pace and get through the document and keep it moving along. judge woods setting a june 15th deadline for michael cohento flag the items seized which could contain attorney/client privilege. they pled and laid out a grim picture of what it is like to get through the 3.7 million file and people working through the night and sleeping on couches and a staff member who has a tremor in his hand. the judge said if they cant...

Attorneys. the government says theyve turned over pretty much everything at this point except for two old blackberries which may belong to michael cohens wife as well as, and this is interesting, a shredder the government was able to seize as part of their search warrant. it appears theyre in the process of putting back together the shredded documents. just those three things they havent turned over. the judge ordered today that michael cohens team is to review all the materials by june 15th. if...

Leaked to the media from either michael cohen or michael cohens attorneys or both and these tapes or recordings may have something to do with stormy daniels. today we learned a little bit more about that, in that those recordings, according to michael avenatti, may have -- may have been made between michael cohen and keith davidson, who is an attorney that used to represent stormy daniels, and that some of those conversations that were recorded had to do with statements that stormy daniels made ...