harmonica
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this is a real loooooooooooong stretch to go after Trump for this-Not as actors...telling your lawyer about a crime is one thing..the lawyer acting as a willing participant in a crime quite another..if that is what happened.are not most lawyers involved in criminal incidents ?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????Then, why are they going after all the client files? You know. The stuff that is privileged and confidential?No, dope.
Money. Try reading the post I responded to that you conveniently omitted.
Here you go, dumbass. Next time, answer your own questions.
The Crime-Fraud Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege
Not all attorney-client communications are privileged.
The attorney-client privilege protects most communications between clients and their lawyers. But, according to the crime-fraud exception to the privilege, a client’s communication to her attorney isn’t privileged if she made it with the intention of committing or covering up a crime or fraud.
Because the attorney-client privilege belongs to the client, the client’s intent determines whether the exception applies. Most courts will apply the exception even if the attorney had no knowledge of, and didn’t participate in, the actual crime or fraud.
The crime-fraud exception applies if:
More here.
- the client was in the process of committing or intended to commit a crime or fraudulent act, and
- the client communicated with the lawyer with intent to further the crime or fraud, or to c
The Crime-Fraud Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege
hush money into campaign money--and from whom???!!!?????? !!no one knows