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MICHAEL BALSAMO
Associated PressApril 25, 2018

LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump's personal attorney said Wednesday he will assert his constitutional right against self-incrimination in a civil case brought by a porn actress who said she had an affair with Trump.

Michael Cohen has been asking a federal judge in Los Angeles to delay Stormy Daniels' case after FBI agents raided his home and office earlier this month, seeking records about a nondisclosure agreement Daniels signed days before the 2016 presidential election.

Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, has said she had an affair with Trump in 2006 and has sued to invalidate the confidentiality agreement that prevents her discussing it. She's also suing Cohen, alleging defamation.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-lawyer-says-hell-plead-fifth-porn-actress-230526635--politics.html?.tsrc=bell-brknews

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Re: Trump Lawyer Says He’ll Plead The Fifth In Porn Actress Case
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2018, 11:46:47 pm »

“The mob takes the Fifth Amendment. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”

“Have you seen what’s going on in front of Congress? Fifth Amendment, Fifth Amendment, Fifth Amendment. Horrible. Horrible, and will anything happen? That’s going to be the question, we’ll find out.”

"When you have your staff taking the Fifth Amendment, taking the Fifth so they are not prosecuted, when you have the man that set up the illegal server taking the Fifth, I think it is disgraceful."

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Re: Trump Lawyer Says He’ll Plead The Fifth In Porn Actress Case
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2018, 11:50:10 pm »
Hey haters. We covered this shit already. How about pulling yourselves out of your hate fog long enough to look at the recent post section.....

http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,313646.msg1666989.html#msg1666989

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Re: Trump Lawyer Says He’ll Plead The Fifth In Porn Actress Case
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2018, 12:13:53 am »
Arn't attorneys supposed to keep their mouth's shut about client cases?

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« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2018, 12:27:48 am »
Arn't attorneys supposed to keep their mouth's shut about client cases?


It's a filing in court, so in this particular case, it's available for public view.
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Re: Trump Lawyer Says He’ll Plead The Fifth In Porn Actress Case
« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2018, 01:01:52 am »
President Donald Trump's personal attorney said Wednesday he will assert his constitutional right against self-incrimination in a civil case

Well we now know that Pres. Trump hires smart lawyers.

Pleading the 5th doesn't mean your guilty, it just means your not going to testify, or give statements under oath, that can be used against you. We live in a world where special prosecutors can find almost anything to use against a person so why cooperate in legal proceeding.
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« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2018, 01:11:05 am »
           There's nothing wrong with taking the Fifth.

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Re: Trump Lawyer Says He’ll Plead The Fifth In Porn Actress Case
« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2018, 01:21:12 am »
           There's nothing wrong with taking the Fifth.



You're right.

It makes no sense to help those that seek to destroy you when a constitutional protection exists that says you don't have to.

On a side issue I'm always surprised when people cooperate with FBI investigators. In all these highly political investigations (scooter Libby is a great example) people end up getting convicted for "lying" to the FBI when they came by for a "friendly" chat. To heck with that nonsense, the second some law enforcement guy shows up at my office, or home, for a "friendly" chat my first and only response is going to be call my attorney.

In Cohen's case he is the attorney and he is very smart to say no I'm not going to help you hurt me, or any of my clients.
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Re: Trump Lawyer Says He’ll Plead The Fifth In Porn Actress Case
« Reply #9 on: April 26, 2018, 01:46:07 am »
On a side issue I'm always surprised when people cooperate with FBI investigators. In all these highly political investigations (scooter Libby is a great example) people end up getting convicted for "lying" to the FBI when they came by for a "friendly" chat. To heck with that nonsense, the second some law enforcement guy shows up at my office, or home, for a "friendly" chat my first and only response is going to be call my attorney.


Always a good idea to have counsel, because investigators don't have to be honest with you.  However, Libby wasn't just charged with two counts of lying to investigators.  He also had two counts of perjury before the grand jury, plus one of obstruction.  He was acquitted on one of the counts of lying to the FBI and convicted on the other four charges
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« Reply #10 on: April 26, 2018, 03:02:23 am »
He oughta take a 5th from the liquor store and back to his office.


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« Reply #11 on: April 26, 2018, 05:20:52 am »


Another first for President Trump.  #MAGA

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Re: Trump Lawyer Says He’ll Plead The Fifth In Porn Actress Case
« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2018, 12:56:48 pm »

Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, has said she had an affair with Trump in 2006 and has sued to invalidate the confidentiality agreement that prevents her discussing it. She's also suing Cohen, alleging defamation.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-lawyer-says-hell-plead-fifth-porn-actress-230526635--politics.html?.tsrc=bell-brknews

Ok,HOW do you defame a whore that does gangbang videos?
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« Reply #13 on: April 26, 2018, 01:09:54 pm »
Ok,HOW do you defame a whore that does gangbang videos?

Can you imagine the research involved to determine hard evidence of the defecation.
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Re: Trump Lawyer Says He’ll Plead The Fifth In Porn Actress Case
« Reply #14 on: April 26, 2018, 01:14:34 pm »
What's somewhat different here is that he's taking the fifth in a civil suit.  That means that, unlike in a criminal case, Cohen's refusal to testify can be the basis for negative inferences in a civil case.