So a guy that claims to have been working as Cohens lawyer took the stand. If he was Cohens lawyer though, wouldn’t attorney client privilege have prevented him from testifying about anything?
So the mere fact of his presence proves him to be a liar, right? What am I missing?
to be clear, it does cover the client explaining his crimes to the lawyer in the normal course of obtaining legal advice and services, whatever you say can’t be compelled.
When you and the lawyer are actually engaging in criminal activity of some kind there’s no privilege though, it goes out the window. Otherwise all criminals would get junior law degrees to have those protections!
So a guy that claims to have been working as Cohens lawyer took the stand. If he was Cohens lawyer though, wouldn’t attorney client privilege have prevented him from testifying about anything?
So the mere fact of his presence proves him to be a liar, right? What am I missing?
Attorney Client Privilege doesn’t cover criminal activity.
to be clear, it does cover the client explaining his crimes to the lawyer in the normal course of obtaining legal advice and services, whatever you say can’t be compelled.
When you and the lawyer are actually engaging in criminal activity of some kind there’s no privilege though, it goes out the window. Otherwise all criminals would get junior law degrees to have those protections!
Sure, I understand that, but I can’t think of any way their relationship, especially what was testified to, would be covered by that.