ABikerSailor
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Trump's tweet from this morning...............................
“Inconceivable that the government would break into a lawyer’s office (early in the morning) — almost unheard of,” Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter. “Even more inconceivable that a lawyer would tape a client — totally unheard of & perhaps illegal. The good news is that your favorite President did nothing wrong!”
Several things in Trump's tweet this morning that were false.
First, there was a LEGAL warrant issued. If a warrant is issued, the police have the right to search the place in question and see what is there. And, it was issued by a judge, so it was on the up and up, and there was no "break in".
Second, Trump bitched about his lawyer taping the conversation and said that it was inconceivable and possibly illegal. No, although it is unusual, there have been lawyers that have recorded conversations with clients.
As far as being illegal? Again, a big no on that one as well. Different states have different rules for recording conversations between two people, and in NY, only 1 person has to give consent to being recorded. In this case, it's Cohen.
“Inconceivable that the government would break into a lawyer’s office (early in the morning) — almost unheard of,” Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter. “Even more inconceivable that a lawyer would tape a client — totally unheard of & perhaps illegal. The good news is that your favorite President did nothing wrong!”
Several things in Trump's tweet this morning that were false.
First, there was a LEGAL warrant issued. If a warrant is issued, the police have the right to search the place in question and see what is there. And, it was issued by a judge, so it was on the up and up, and there was no "break in".
Second, Trump bitched about his lawyer taping the conversation and said that it was inconceivable and possibly illegal. No, although it is unusual, there have been lawyers that have recorded conversations with clients.
As far as being illegal? Again, a big no on that one as well. Different states have different rules for recording conversations between two people, and in NY, only 1 person has to give consent to being recorded. In this case, it's Cohen.