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Us, as usual. i dont think theres anything helpful about investigating this case publicly. in any sense of the word. but mueller probably has this all locked down, and i wouldnt take michael cohen at his word, particularly as hes walking into a taxi on a new york street. >> natasha, youve been all over this and called michael cohens attorney steve ryan to ask him exactly the question we want to know about the $500 grand says cohen got from the russian oligarch. he hung up on you? >> he very much...

House -- are they operating under the assumption that michael cohen is cooperating with federal investigators, or have they not reached that point yet? >> is that for me, kacie? >> yes. >> the white houses view is different than the president and his personal legal teams. theyre kind of separate islands. you have emmitt flood and don mcgahn now in the white house. theyre dealing with mueller. the presidents personal legal team seems to have a good relationship with steve ryan who is michael cohe...

Frankly derivatively our ethical obligations to be as we laid them out on our letter of 10:00 a.m. but if the court disagrees and rules against us, well do whatever the court directs us to do." and then the judge says, "im directing you to disclose the name now." steve ryan, representing michael cohen, stands up and says, "do you want me to stand and say it or should i give you the piece of paper that you told me to write?" the judge says, "whatever youre most comfortable with." whereupon steve ...

Point, but ultimately the judge makes the call right there in front of everybody in the courtroom today, which leads to everybody in the courtroom gasping. quote, the court, said the judge, "i just dont understand the argument that just because this undisclosed client consulted michael cohen that that is somehow embarrassing or an invasion of privacy. thats not enough under case law. and i dont understand it factually. i understand that the client doesnt want his name out there. but thats not en...

Contention that, "a," they really needed to raid the presidents lawyer and, "b," honestly hes not doing much lawyering anyway. and part of the way that all gets spelled out in correlate was with the presidents lawyer revealing his previously secret dealings with the over-the-top pro-trump cable news host and the deputy finance chairman of the rnc and his mistress and her abortion. its all nuts. its nuts. but i will tell you it is an odd little bit of comfort that in court, even in a case this cr...

With respect to the clients name being withheld, that is not in accord with the law in this circuit. if you have a reason for that clients name to be treated under seal, youll tell me. yes. ." then steve ryan stands up whos representing mike cohen. "your honor, steve ryan. with respect to that client, the client is a publicly prominent individual. the representation was legal in analysis. with regard to naming that person now the concern is even if we put it in a sealed proceeding right now that...

Themselves, ive heard the term special master before, so i know this is not something theyre invented for this process. how unusual would it be in this case? >> it is unusual. but not unprecedented. i think the case that was spoken about a lot today in court and maybe people have read about it in the newspaper a little bit, is the lynn stewart case. that was a case where there was a special master appointed but it was a very different case and the government today spent a lot of time distinguish...

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...

>> legitimate attorney/client privilege is a narrow thing. just having a lawyer in the room doesnt mean you can commit a crime with nothing being discoverable. >> this comes up a lot, i hate to say it, in organized crime cases. that is something people are talking about. but it does come up a lot because people in organized crime families do tend to try to shield themselves from, you know, scrutiny of investigators by having a lawyer in the room. and they really do seem to think that just having...

Federal prosecutors get a look at it because they said they need to make sure that they can protect any materials that should be kept confidential because of attorney/client privilege. the judge in this case today in this remarkable hearing, judge kimba wood, she denied their request for a temporary restraining order but she did leave open the possibility at the end of the day today that shes going to appoint a new person, a special master, to look at all of the seized documents to see if in fac...