Michael Cohen asserts Fifth Amendment rights in Stormy Daniels case

[Chicago1980]

Source: CNN

Michael Cohen asserts Fifth Amendment rights in Stormy Daniels case


By Scott Glover
Updated 6:58 PM ET, Wed April 25, 2018

[quote](CNN)Michael Cohen, the longtime personal attorney for President Donald Trump, filed court papers Wednesday indicating he would assert his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination regarding his involvement in a hush money deal involving porn star Stormy Daniels and the President.

Cohen cited FBI raids of his residence, office and hotel room and the seizure of "various electronic devices and documents in my possession," in his filing in US District Court in Los Angeles.[/quote]

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/25/politics/michael-cohen-fifth-amendment/index.html

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Another prediction come true by S.D. lawyer.

[RandySF]

1. Doesn't this result in a default judgement against him?

[turbinetree]

2. I see a train a coming and its rolling down the tracks

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https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/fifth_amendment


Now this idiot has to go into "court" and testify.......................


Hey sexual predator.......................you can now be called as a witness............................

[SkatmanRoth]

3. Cohen is laying the groundwork for an appeal

The intent is to drag the case out for years and shield Trump from judicial scrutiny as long as possible.

[Gothmog]

4. For this thread

Link to tweet

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. What about this? -

"The mob takes the Fifth, If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”

Donald Trump

Bwahahahaha.

[fountainofyouth]

7. ...

[marble falls]

6. Delay only makes him seem guilty. He'll flip. Time works for Mueller.

[trof]

8. So he's telling the court ahead of an appearance that he'll plead the 5th?

I don't understand this ploy.
???

[Le Gaucher]

9. Just as avenatti predicted.

He will sing like a canary.

[riversedge]

10. "Only the mob pleads the fifth" Candidate Donald J Trump .That was then this is today , President Tr

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"Only the mob pleads the fifth" Candidate Donald J Trump .That was then this is today , President Trump's "fixer" Michael Cohen took the 5th in all proceedings against him! WOW

Link to tweet

[DesertRat]

11. k&r

[SWBTATTReg]

12. Doesn't invoking the 5th mean that one does not respond to ?s directed to ...

him in order to avoid self incrimination? Does this mean he's guilty indirectly by asserting
this right? I am not up to speed on legal process etc. that this entails, but it's not a good start, considering that he could have entered into a verdict of innocent?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. Juries and judges are instructed and instruct to avoid considering the 5th. The 5th is not evidence

[NCjack]

13. I sure that Hannity can explain why pleading 5th A

will work for Trump & Cohen Crime, Inc.

[BobTheSubgenius]

14. He's a much better lawyer than I'd thought!

He not only knew of the existence of the Fifth Amendment, it seems he also used it in the correct context.

Years and years of law school and several swings at the elusive bar exam weren't wasted.