Judge Rejects Cohen's Attempt To Drag Out Doc Review
Source: Talking Points Memo
By Matt Shuham | May 30, 2018 12:19 pm
U.S. Judge Kimba Wood on Wednesday rejected Michael Cohen’s attempts to slow the schedule of the attorney-client privilege review process for the millions of items seized from his home, office and hotel room last month.
At a court hearing in Lower Manhattan, Wood sided with prosecutors in announcing a June 15 deadline for Cohen, President Trump’s long-time fixer, to make all remaining claims of attorney-client privilege. Cohen’s lawyers argued for mid July. Prosecutors called that an “unreasonable delay.”
Wood said Cohen’s wish to methodologically sort through potentially privileged documents needed to be balanced with “the need for the investigation to go forward.”
Cohen looked tired Wednesday, elbows resting on the table in front of him and head cocked slightly back. Cohen lawyer Todd Harrison, sitting to his client’s right, said they had received 3.7 million files from the government to review, and had processed 1.3 million of them.
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