The significance of Trump's tweet this morning...

[kentuck]

...about his lawyer perhaps "illegally" recording their conversation?

The very fact that it was not about Putin, or Helsinki, or his National Security team was significant. It is possible that they were attempting to change the subject? But, more likely, this was the topic that was occupying their minds the most at this time? Why?

Because it is important to them. They feel threatened by these tapes. They are trying to get out in front of this story. This story is the one that bothers them the most at this time. That is the significance of his tweet this morning.

[Wounded Bear]

1. When your entire existance is based on maintaining lies...

any evidence of reality contrary to the lie is dangerous.

[kentuck]

4. Very true.

[empedocles]

2. trump always fretted/agitated/ worried, a lot

good for him to do all that and more, lot more now.

[Best_man23]

3. There is only one little hitch to that premise

New York is a one-party consent state for recording conversations.

[hlthe2b]

5. I wonder what the long term effect on all of us of having to deal with the constant barage

of his tweets and lies--and the need to take time to try to analyze the TRUE tactics/strategy/agenda behind them.

Beyond being exhausting and irritating--often blood pressure raising, I fear he is turning the entire population into one forever burdened with Attention Deficit Disorder.

[kentuck]

6. A very valid concern.

I think it has done irreparable damage .

[Towlie]

7. Inconceivable!

Inconceivable that the government would break into a lawyer’s office (early in the morning) - almost unheard of. 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!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 21, 2018

[ProudMNDemocrat]

10. Beautiful!!!!

[uppityperson]

14. Thank you, I've been concerned no one else caught this.

[gristy]

16. when I google "inconceivable meaning", the definition given has an interesting and up-to-date usage

in·con·ceiv·a·ble

/ˌinkənˈsēvəb(ə l/

adjective: inconceivable

not capable of being imagined or grasped mentally; unbelievable.
"it seemed inconceivable that the president had been unaware of what was going on"

synonyms: unbelievable, beyond belief, incredible, unthinkable, unimaginable, extremely unlikely;

[Achilleaze]

17. George Carlin thought 'inconceivable' would be a good brand name for condoms

I'm just sayin...

[MaryMagdaline]

18. Thank you for my laugh of the day!

[uppityperson]

19. Ha!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

8. Favorite President, My Ass!

Perhaps Michael Cohen realized..... "NEVER take Donald Trump at his word. He will deny ever knowing you."

[Vinca]

9. Isn't New York one of those states that doesn't require both parties to know a

conversation is being recorded? It might be an ethical violation if Cohen was acting as an attorney, but Don complaining about ethics is ludicrous.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. Yes, NY is a one-party consent state.

I don't think taping the conversation was necessarily an ethical violation either - depending on what was to be done with the tapes. Maybe Cohen was making tapes for a future memoir (in which case there could be a problem with attorney-client privilege, although apparently this particular tape was cleared), or maybe he was taping Trump to protect himself from "misunderstandings" - that is, Trump's lies. We know that in civil cases involving Trump his own lawyers always met with him in pairs because they didn't trust him to be honest about the advice he was being given.

[kentuck]

13. Unless they can get a favorable judge to make a ruling on the other tapes ??

Who knows?

[pioche4]

11. Theory that dT's lawyers released to cut Cohen defense at the knees, less viable to actually flip

If the conversation was privileged, prosecutors didn't have it. I anticipate more releases like this by dT's lawyers to continue to change the media focus.

So question...why would it be considered privileged by Special Master, if its a discussion about committing a crime? Also, on Maddow last night, writer Emily Jane Fox, said the tape conversation is not as it was described by Guilianni..., big surprise. Things are always the opposite of what dT's posse says.

[Historic NY]

15. Donald lives in NY, Donald's Lawyer lives in NY....

he might want people to think it was illegal. In Ny it is legal.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

20. So civil rights only matter when we're talking about the blotard.

Fuck the rest of us.

[OnDoutside]

21. Since it was Trump's lawyer who released its existence, wouldn't it make sense for Cohen to

release it asap, such as 9am on Monday morning ? Guiliani may be expecting that it wouldn't be released for months and then they can say we already dealed with it.