Ya Think that CBC and their evil buddies in VIAFOURA would have figured out by now that it is not wise to block my comments N'esy Pas Hubby Baby Lacroix and Minister Joly?

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YO @matt_kwong I just got off the phone with Michael Cohen He played dumb as usual & hung up I called back & left a voicemail telling him he could take the fifth but that I would be calling & emailing the other lawyers talking about this #Trudeau #Trump


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Trump, ignoring age-old legal wisdom, may have implicated himself and burned his lawyer — on live TV

4 damning quotes from Trump's wild interview on Fox & Friends

Matt Kwong · CBC News · Posted: Apr 26, 2018 7:38 PM ET

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Tanner Moorman

Trump seems to lie like most people breath. It’s gone beyond compulsive and become an involuntary reflex.

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David Amos

@Tanner Moorman "Trump seems to lie like most people breath."

Trust that I can easily prov that Mueller, Comey, Hillary and Obama et al are far worse in that regard as are most politicians and lawyers. However on the other hand everybody and his dog has known that Trump's narcissistic self serving lying has been a big part of his shtick for years. That is what has made him so entertaining and ya just gotta love the circus he creates.

Methinks that if nothing else Trump has made politics interesting for many people who never paid attention before because of all the other liars N'esy Pas?

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David Amos

@David Amos Ya Think that CBC and their evil buddies in VIAFOURA would have figured out by now that it is not wise to block my comments N'esy Pas Hubby Baby Lacroix and Minister Joly?

David Amos

 @Tanner Moorman "It’s gone beyond compulsive and become an involuntary reflex"
Methinks many folks would agree that Trump has always suffered from a problem common to most narcissistic people. He can't help himself but he is entertaining N'esy Pas?

Tanner Moorman

@David Amos Dictatorships are rarely amusing.

David Amos

@Tanner Moorman Methinks Trump was legally elected to be the ringmaster of the Yankee Circus instead of your hero Hillary N'esy Pas?

David Amos

@David Amos Methinks many folks may agree that you may suffer from the same problem the narcissistic Mr Trump does When you can't argue you insult N'esy Pas?

 

Peter Hall

By now most Americans have to realize that they elected an egotistical idiot for President, shaking their heads, and praying for 2020 to get here ASAP so they can correct their massive mistake.

James Timberly

@Peter Hall Right.. But until then, it’s all just ‘fake news’, and when the time comes, they’ll go back to “the election is rigged”. And of course, there will always be a smattering of “something something Hillary” in there.

David Amos

@James Timberly Methinks you have the right to say anything you wish about Trump and I won't disagree However in return you must respect my opinion that he was a far better choice for President than Hillary N'esy Pas?

 

Tanner Moorman

@David Amos I don’t think you’ll get any rational, sane person to agree to that. I’m no fan of Hillary, but even the ball of lint I found in my pocket today would make a better president than Donald.

David Amos

@Tanner Moorman Who sold us the tainted blood?

David Amos

@Tanner Moorman Do you know about the Clinton Foundation, the Russians and Uranium and the TD Bank?

Tanner Moorman

@David Amos Crazy conspiracy theories that have been debunked a thousand times over need not apply. Try logic and reason for a change.

David Amos

@Tanner Moorman "Try logic and reason for a change"

Before insulting people should take your own advice.

For instance try Googling two names
David Amos Michael Cohen

Do ya see Trump's lawyer's cell phone number? I double dog dare ya to call him like I did earlier today

David Amos

@Tanner Moorman Methinks its rather interesting that CBC permits you to insult me but has blocked two of my responses to you thus far N'esy Pas?

Tanner Moorman

@David Amos Pointing out an obvious fact isn’t an insult. It may be to people that are delusion, or willfully ignorant, but to the rest of the world it’s just a hard truth. Some of us actually question our motives and stances to ensure our opinions are just, and some people choose to twist truths and ignore logic so the world fits into their boxed in view of it. Have fun with this, I actually have a life and much better things to do with my weekend, any retort will not be seen by me, nor does your opinion matter at all to me. Good day.

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David Amos

@Tanner Moorman Methinks other folks may notice that you make you last two stabs at my character just before the comment section closes. N'esy Pas?

Whereas you will not be reading this then you won't be offended by the fact that I had been arguing the Crown in Federal Court since I ran in the election of the 42 Parliament. However other folks my enjoy checking the proof of those simple facts N'esy Pas?

Here is a televised debate

Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Debate – Federal Elections 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE

This is the Federal Court docket

http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T

This was the first hearing no long after Trudeau "The Younger" was sworn in

Dec 14th, 2015 https://archive.org/details/BahHumbug

David Amos

@David Amos Methinks nobody should be surprised by the fact that CBC blocked my reply N'esy Pas?

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David Amos

@Tanner Moorman Methinks some folks may notice that you made your last stabs at my character just before the comment section closed rather than having anything to do with your weekend N'esy Pas?

  

Dave Smith

''Only the mob and the guilty plead the 5th'' DJT.

Darryl Gregorash

@Dave Smith
Apparently Michael Cohen never got that memo.

David Amos

@Darryl Gregorash Cohen got the memo just like he got my emails that he should have read before answering. Hell I even managed to talk to him twice about it on his cell phone. I thought he was playing dumb. However with all this recent news I realize Mikey is as dumb as "The Donald"

David Amos

@David Amos I wonder if I call his cell now will the FBI answer it?

David Amos

@David Amos I just got off the phone with Michael Cohen obviously the FBI does not have his cell phone. Anyway he played dumb as usual and promptly hung up. So I called back and left him a rather wicked voicemail Basically I told him he could take the fifth all he wants but that I would be calling and emailing his lawyer and all the other ones again and taling about this news article in particular.

Methinks this is Too Too Funny Indeed . N'esy Pas?

Michael Murphy

@Tom Barry Trump's lawyer, Cohen says he's pleading the 5th

David Amos

@Michael Murphy Methinks you should scroll up through this thread and give Cohen's lawyer a call like I did yesterday N'esy Pas?

https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000162-ff00-d230-a36b-fff5bbec0001

David Amos

@Dave Smith For over a year I have been telling Trump's very mindless lawyers to read pages 2 and 5 in particular of this very old file of mine. Methinks folks should check my work then ask themselves why they have not N'esy Pas?

https://www.scribd.com/document/2619437/CROSS-BORDER

Michael Murphy

@Tom Barry This posting section began about another story, possibly that one

I have no idea why CBC changes stories but leaves the posts which then are no longer relevent

David Amos

@Michael Murphy Methinks you are the newbie to this thread. Who are you to claim anyone's opinion is no longer relevant? We all are stakeholders in CBC Hence you have no right whatsoever to suggest that they delete us N'esy Pas?

 

Greg Stafford

Anyone who still supports the Donald can't be too bright.

Brian Cohen

@Richard Jay
Yup, quoting Donald directly is just more "fake news" right Richard.

Btw/ since it obviously missed you, in law the phrase "allegedly" is used until the plaintiff is found guilty.
Even the TO driver is still only alleged to have committed the massacre and will remain so until after he has been tried in court.

You Trumpybots sure are getting desperate.

David Amos

@Brian Cohen Methinks if you are related to Trump's lawyer you should take the fifth as well N'esy Pas?

David Allan

@Dan Reid
"...booming economy..."

The economy has continued along the path it was set on during the Obama administration.
There isn't a single expert who refutes this fact.
Trump's actions have caused the market to have several crashes.

David Amos

@David Allan "Trump's actions have caused the market to have several crashes."

There were no crashes just mere adjustments responding to Trump's actions or words. Methinks the really big crash will happen shortly and clever folks will by gold and silver right now just like the Russians and Chinese have been doing for years N'esy Pas?

David Allan

@David Amos
"N'esy Pas"

You must know this is meaningless gobbledygook. There is no such phrase in any language.

David Amos

@David Allan So you say EH?

David Allan

@David Amos
"There were no crashes just mere adjustments responding to Trump's actions or words. "

If they were "mere adjustments" as you say, then why did markets rebound? Markets don't rebound from adjustments.

David Allan

@David Amos

Not because I say so, because facts matter, n'est-ce pas?

David Amos

@David Allan Methinks you should study who you are arguing with Trust that many Canadians and Trump's lawyers in particular know that I understand the financial industry quite likely a lot better than you do N'esy Pas?

Check the facts

https://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/integrity-yea-right

Penny Robertson

@David Amos

What language is "N'esy pas?"

Jack Christian

@David Amos N'est pas, David.

David Amos

Go Figure why I find it funny that people are worried about the wrong things while Trump plays his fiddle and burns his own lawyer as CBC says in the title of this article.

 

Randy Ellis

Hilarious, Fox got an exclusive phone interview with the President of the United States live on TV and yet they seem to be avoiding any mention of their own interview with him as if it was poison. That tells you a lot about both Trump and Fox News.

* slow clap *

Richard Jay

@Art McCarthy (Key Bored)

Exclusive Interview: President Trump on Fox & Friends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lu_Hgw60Ns

You're welcome.

David Amos

@Richard Jay I found it last night on my own and rather enjoyed watching the circus.

Randy Ellis

@Richard Jay

That's a youtube video - You just confirmed my point.

Thanks indeed.

David Amos

@Randy Ellis Best check again Methinks CBC now offers a link to the aforementioned YouTube video that you lament about at the bottom of this article N'esy Pas?

Josh Tanner

@David Amos

"check again Methinks CBC now offers a link to the aforementioned YouTube video ... N'esy Pas?"

N'esy Duhhh? He was clearly lamenting that FOX NEWS - not Youtube - failed to mention their own exclusive interview with the sitting president.

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David Amos

@Josh Tanner DUHHH??? Methinks you need to check again Fox News was advertising within YouTube that he would be appearing on air N'esy Pas?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBnoSwmFbUs

President Trump joins Fox & Friends
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President Donald Trump joins the hosts of Fox & Friends live at 8am eastern in an exclusive interview on Thursday, April 26th.

Catch the FULL interview here: https://youtu.be/_lu_Hgw60Ns 

FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. The number one network in cable, FNC has been the most watched television news channel for more than 15 years and according to a Suffolk University/USA Today poll, is the most trusted television news source in the country. Owned by 21st Century Fox, FNC is available in more than 90 million homes and dominates the cable news landscape, routinely notching the top ten programs in the genre.

David Amos

@Josh Tanner Methinks you need to check again Fox News was advertising within YouTube that he would be appearing on air N'esy Pas?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBnoSwmFbUs

 
John Oaktree

Hey Donald - I found your leak!!!

Chris LaBo

@John Oaktree Was it in a Moscow hotel room?

David Amos

@Chris LaBonté Nope that was another sort of leak

David Amos

@David Allan There was another Pogo long ago that followed a yellow brick road a pulled the curtain back to exposed the evil little puppet master.

Methinks we need another Pogo ASAP to show us who is pulling Trump's strings N'esy Pas?

 

Dave Smith

This was a car wreck, train wreck and plane crash all rolled up in one, and look at those poor faux people, like deer in the headlights. and now will faux and friends go on a week holiday?

 

David Amos

@Dave Smith "now will faux and friends go on a week holiday?"

Nope

Methinks this was a really big scoop for Fax because of The Donald's several faux pas' N'esy Pas?

Patrick Smyth

@David Amos

"N'esy Pas?"

If you are going to repeat it as your catchphrase of the day, please spell it right.

David Amos

@Patrick Smyth Methinks according to the folks in Northern Italy I am spelling it correctly N'esy Pas?

David Allan

@David Amos

Neither of those are words in Italian.

David Amos

@David Allan I never said they were. Whats your point?

David Amos

@David Allan Here is a little blogger/CBC history for you

On April Fools Day 2006 after I ran in the election of the 39th Parliament in Fredericton New Brunswick and CBC ignored its non partisan mandate and denied that I was a candidate for the second time I took part in a joke.
I was teasing CBC's favourite blogger Charles Leblanc whom I gave a free computer to while I was running in the election of the 38th Parliament.

Chucky is of Scottish and French heritage and is proud of the fact he does not speak the same lingo as folks from Quebec or France. He speaks an Acadian lingo called Chiac. I am of Scottish heritage and the Chief of my Clan

Anyway while I was busy busting Chucky in front of his fans within his own blog. I was using French properly to upset him. When he asked me to be nice I changed the spelling to N'esy Pas as a joke and asked him if that was nice enough? Well didn't that upset his English speaking fans that were forced to study French because Trudeau "The Elder" had made New Brunswick Canada' only bilingual province. Its truly funny that French folks laugh at the joke while English people get upset.

David Amos

@David Allan Until last summer I truly thought I had coined a new phrase and love using "N'esy Pas" because mindless people would rather argue spelling instead of the important facts I am relating to them. More impotantly using that expression made it easy to source my words all over the Internet because it is rather unique. However last summer when I used it to look for some of my work on a particular issue. I stumbled across the fact that some folks in northern Italy had used that spelling to upset snobby French men long before I did. Too too funny indeed.

However what is not funny is that Crown had failed to uphold its own law and composed my barring notice from parliamentary properties in New Brunswick in English only instead of the both official languages and even quoted a law that does not exist.

Years later the Crown barred Chucky too (In English only as well) Since then he has been arrested for being on parliamentary properties several times but they always let him go when I pick up the phone and call the Crown prosecutor and ask them who do they think they are fooling?.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fredericton-blogger-arrested-at-legislature-1.1229107

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/rcmp-takes-over-charles-leblanc-arrest-probe-1.1248420

 

Kathy Altenhofen

He isn't really very bright is he?

Georges Kanoute

@Kathy Altenhofen
Oh he's bright... orange.

David Amos

@Georges Kanoute ROTFLMAO

 

Joseph Power

This guy is just dumb. Like, not even dumb for a President, just honest to goodness, flat out dumb.

David Amos

@Joseph Power YUP

 
Irv Millar

Whew. Thank goodness I am Canadian.

David Amos

@Irv Millar Have you forgotten Trudeau the Younger's support of Trump's Cold War with Russia, Iran and Syria or TPP or NAFTA or FATCA or soft wood tariffs etc? Although I have no respect for his lawyer daddy either I must give the devil his due.

Methinks Trudeau The Elder wisely said long ago that we are like a mouse sleeping with the elephant N'esy Pas?

Trump, ignoring age-old legal wisdom, may have implicated himself and burned his lawyer — on live TV

4 damning quotes from Trump's wild interview on Fox & Friends

Matt Kwong · CBC News · Posted: Apr 26, 2018 7:38 PM ET

U.S. President Donald Trump called into Fox & Friends on Thursday morning, making several remarks that legal experts say could be used against him. (Fox & Friends)



The show is called Fox & Friends. But U.S. President Donald Trump may have been a little too loose-lipped with the chummy conservative anchors interviewing him on the Fox News channel Thursday morning when he rattled off a series of ill-advised remarks that may have legally undermined his lawyer and himself — and moved him closer to having to testify under oath in a deposition.
His words have already been used against him.

Trump's longtime lawyer and confidant Michael Cohen is under criminal investigation after the FBI raided his home, hotel room and office this month, seizing documents, electronic devices and at least one safety deposit box. Trump suggested the probe is focused on Cohen's business dealings.
Cohen reportedly called his lawyers immediately after the Fox segment aired.

• Trump blasts Mueller 'witch hunt' after FBI raids his lawyer's office, home

• Trump lawyer Michael Cohen says he'll plead the Fifth in porn actress case

In the half-hour televised phone call, during which the president at times veered off topic and raised his voice to a pitched yell, Trump seemed to:

• Acknowledge that he knew Cohen was representing him as a lawyer to deal with a matter involving Stormy Daniels, the adult-film actress who was paid $130,000 to keep quiet about an alleged affair with Trump.
• Supply ample contradictions, including a remark that bolsters the lewdest claim made in the so-called Steele dossier, strengthening the case for a deposition.
• Weaken his argument that the material seized from Cohen should be protected under attorney-client privilege.
• Suggest that he might meddle with the Department of Justice, which is conducting an investigation into the Trump campaign's alleged ties with Russia.

There was a lot to digest.

"Practising attorneys were probably clutching their chests, imagining Trump was their client," said Mark Osler, a former U.S. federal prosecutor now teaching law at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn.

Here's a little of what Trump said and why it could be problematic for him and Cohen down the road:

'He represents me, like with this crazy Stormy Daniels deal.'

 

Fox News hosts appeared to try several times to interrupt Trump during his extended phone call on Thursday. The camera eventually cut away from the hosts and to this shot of the president and the White House. (Fox & Friends)

"He straight-up said it," Osler said. "He just said that Michael Cohen represented him in relation to Stormy Daniels. And that's contrary to the narrative that's been put out at this point."

Cohen has always alleged that he freelanced the payment of $130,000 US in hush money to Daniels — without Trump's knowledge — and that he paid the money out of his own pocket. Reporters aboard Air Force One this month asked Trump if he knew about the payments. "No," he answered.

• Trump denies knowing his lawyer paid off Stormy Daniels

• 'Special master' will review documents seized from Trump lawyer, judge rules

Osler said a prosecutor would need to prove there was some connection in conversations between Trump and Cohen regarding the Daniels payment, which some have argued might have violated campaign finance laws.

"By acknowledging that Cohen represented him, Trump goes a long way to providing that connection," he said.

It otherwise makes no sense for Trump to have hired Cohen to deal with the Daniels dispute, said Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor in Chicago. While Trump admitting Cohen was his lawyer for the Daniels case "doesn't necessarily mean he knew about the contract or payment, it certainly suggests that he did,"  Mariotti said.

"Why would you hire a lawyer for something and not know what the dispute was?"

'I went to Russia for a day or so, a day or two ... He said I didn't stay there overnight. Of course, I stayed there.'

 

Adult-film actress Stormy Daniels (whose real name is Stephanie Clifford) leaves the United States District Court Southern District of New York after a hearing related to Trump lawyer Michael Cohen on April 16. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Trump, calling allegations made by fired FBI director James Comey "phoney," disputed Comey's memos stating that the president had denied to him that he stayed in a Moscow hotel overnight during the 2013 Miss Universe pageant. Trump made the remark to discredit Comey.

• Trump complained about Flynn's 'judgment,' Comey memo says

• What we know about the bombshell claims in the Trump dossier

But in doing so, he may have inadvertently supported the most salacious allegation about "golden showers" involving Russian prostitutes, as detailed by former British spy Christopher Steele in a report dubbed the Steele dossier. The report, prepared for Fusion GPS, the private research firm that compiled opposition research on Trump for both Republicans and Democrats, also contains allegations of collusion between Russians and the Trump presidential campaign.

"On the one hand, Trump is saying, 'Don't trust Comey,'" said Harry Sandick, a former Southern District of New York federal prosecutor now with the firm Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler. "But then, if he did spend the night in Moscow, doesn't that raise other concerns about whether the Steele dossier is truthful or not?"

Trump's contradictions on the Daniels scandal could also give her lawyer, Michael Avenatti, enough leeway to demand a deposition to clear up the varying accounts in sworn testimony.
"Another gift from the heavens," Avenatti said on MSNBC Thursday.

Stormy Daniels speaks

00:00 00:42

Porn actor says she's committed to making sure everyone finds out the truth. 0:42

Outside a Manhattan courthouse, Avenatti made it clear how much the Trump Fox appearance pleased him.

"I thought it was exceptional for our case, and I thought it was disastrous for him. I think there's no question it implicates him."

'A tiny, tiny little fraction.'

That was Trump's answer when asked by Fox News host Steve Doocy how much of his legal work was overseen by Cohen.

Problem is, if the amount of legal involvement Cohen has with his affairs after their decade-long relationship is so minuscule, that also undercuts Trump's argument that Cohen's seized documents should be protected by attorney-client privilege.

• FBI probing Michael Cohen's 'personal business dealings'

• Russia says not yet served with Democrat lawsuit over alleged collusion with Trump campaign

It seems federal prosecutors were also watching Fox News on Thursday and took advantage of the remarks. In a filing to the judge, they submitted that Trump's "tiny, tiny little fraction" comment on cable television suggests that "the seized materials are unlikely to contain voluminous privileged documents."

Cohen, seen on April 11, has said that he paid Daniels — who alleges she had an affair with the president in 2006 — out of his own pocket. (Mary Altaffer/Associated Press)

"It certainly was something a lawyer would have suggested he not say," Mariotti said.

Mariotti said he doubts it had any bearing in the end on a judge's decision Thursday to appoint an independent "special master" to examine documents to assess what should remain confidential correspondence between Cohen and his clients, including Trump.

Jim Trusty, a former chief of the organized crime section at the Justice Department now with Ifrah Law, said Trump may have been alluding to a small fraction of his legal universe, which still might be immense.

"The problem is with this president, even his biggest fans would say he can be a little inexact," Trusty said.

'I'm very disappointed in my Justice Department … I have decided that I won't be involved. I may change my mind at some point because what's going on is a disgrace.​'

Daniels's attorney, Michael Avenatti, called Trump's comments on Fox & Friends 'another gift from the heavens.' (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

Trump said he was disappointed with the Justice Department but has decided he "won't be involved." But he added, "I may change my mind at some point."

It sounded like a threat to some legal scholars, and Trump has repeatedly alluded to a desire to prosecute some of his political enemies, including Comey and failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

The Justice Department, which is meant to maintain independence and remain non-partisan, appointed special counsel Robert Mueller to investigate Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

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"Taking action against the department would likely be legally problematic," Mariotti said. "So, it's better for Trump to say nothing about interfering with the Justice Department at all during its ongoing investigation."

Saying nothing seems to be the hard part for a president who has shown little restraint when it comes to speaking off the cuff on live TV.

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  Trump says North Korea agreed to 'denuclearization'? Not so fast, say experts

"In general, it's not a good idea to talk publicly about an investigation that's related to you," Sandick said. "The usual playbook is for someone who's a witness or a subject in an investigation not to say much, to let their lawyers do their jobs.

"You don't create trouble for yourself when you don't have to create trouble for yourself."

Listen to the entire Fox & Friends interview: 

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'Special master' will review documents seized from Trump lawyer, judge rules

Decision comes hours after Trump admitted that lawyer represented him in 'crazy Stormy Daniels deal'

Thomson Reuters · Posted: Apr 26, 2018 9:34 AM ET | 

 

By acknowledging that Cohen, above, represented him, Trump went a long way to providing that the two communicated about the Daniels payment, said former U.S. federal prosecutor Mark Osler. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

A federal judge ruled on Thursday that a court-appointed independent official called a special master should be the first to examine documents seized by FBI agents from U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen.

The agents raided Cohen's office and home on April 9, an action that infuriated the president. Prosecutors said they have been investigating the lawyer for months, largely over his business dealings rather than his legal work.

The seizure of the documents has led to a legal spat as to who should be allowed to review them, with lawyers for Cohen and Trump seeking to limit what prosecutors could see, citing attorney-client privilege.

In an interview with Fox News on Thursday, Trump called Cohen a good guy but said he handled only "a tiny, tiny little  fraction" of his overall legal work.

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The prosecutors initially said the documents should be reviewed by a "taint team" of lawyers within their own office, who would be walled off from the main prosecution team. Cohen argued that his lawyers should get a first look.

In the end, the judge ruled that an independent special master should get a first look, an option that both sides had indicated they would be open to.

They're looking at something having to do with his business. I have nothing to do with his business.- U.S. President Donald Trump

Barbara Jones, a former federal judge in the Southern District of New York who has overseen cases ranging from organized crime to corporate compliance, will decide which of the documents should be handed over to prosecutors.

Jones will review the documents and determine which may be shielded by attorney-client privilege.

"The letters I received from counsel for Mr. Cohen and the intervenors has convinced me that this process can go quickly with the special master, assuming everyone works as hard as you have represented you will work," said U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood.

Cohen sat in court to hear the decision, wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and pale yellow tie.
Stephen Ryan, a lawyer for Cohen, called Jones "a wonderful choice" to be special master.

'Crazy deal'

In the Fox News interview, Trump said that he had nothing to do with the criminal investigation into the lawyer.

The Cohen probe "doesn't have to do with me," Trump said. "They're looking at something having to do with his business. I have nothing to do with his business."

Adult-film actress Stormy Daniels (whose real name is Stephanie Clifford) leaves the United States District Court Southern District of New York after a hearing related to Trump lawyer Michael Cohen on April 16. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

 

 

Trump also confirmed for the first time that Cohen had represented him in "this crazy Stormy Daniels deal," referring to an adult-film star who says she had a one-night stand with Trump in 2006.

Prosecutors are investigating Cohen for possible bank and tax fraud, possible campaign law violations in connection with a payment to Daniels, and perhaps other matters related to Trump's presidential campaign, a person familiar with the probe has said.

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The investigation stemmed in part from special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into possible collusion between Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and Russia, something that Trump has repeatedly denied.

Cohen has admitted paying $130,000 US to Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, before the 2016 election to secure her silence about the one-night stand she said she had with Trump. Cohen said the payment was legal, and Daniels has sued to end her nondisclosure agreement.

Trump, who has denied having an affair with Daniels, said Cohen did nothing wrong in representing him in the Daniels case.

"There were no campaign funds going into this, which would have been a problem," he told Fox.