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Prosecutors seize on President Trump's comments about Cohen on 'Fox & Friends' - ABC News

posted onApril 27, 2018
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Article snippet: Prosecutors have seized on comments made by President FBI’s recent raids of his personal lawyer Michael Cohen’s properties should be subject to attorney-client privilege. In a phone interview with Fox & Friends ahead of Cohen’s appearance in federal court in New York, Trump distanced himself from Cohen’s legal woes, saying his longtime attorney and confidant handles only a “tiny, tiny little fraction” of his legal work. “I don't know his business, but this doesn't have to do with me,” Trump said of Cohen. “Michael is a businessman. He has got a business. He also practices law. I would say probably the big thing is his business, and they're looking something having to do with his business. I have nothing to do with his business, I can tell you.” It didn’t take long for federal prosecutors to take note. In a letter to Judge Kimba Wood filed to the court on Thursday morning, prosecutors suggested Trump may have damaged his own argument with his comments to the cable network. “President Trump reportedly said on cable television this morning that Cohen performs ‘a tiny, tiny little fraction’ of his overall legal work,” wrote U.S. Attorney Robert Khuzami. “These statements … suggest that the seized materials are unlikely to contain voluminous privileged documents, further supporting the importance of efficiency here.” Cohen has requested that a “special master” be appointed to review the seized material to weed out any potentially privileged material.... Link to the full article to read more

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