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Showing Original Post only (View all)Preet Bharara to Trump: 'Long live the crime-fraud exception' [View all]
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/382430-preet-bharara-to-trump-long-live-the-crime-fraud-exceptionFormer U.S. attorney Preet Bharara responded to President Trump after he tweeted that the attorney-client privilege is "dead."
"Long live the crime-fraud exception," Bharara whom President Trump fired last year after he refused to resign from his post tweeted Tuesday.
The crime-fraud exception means that a client's communications with an attorney isn't privileged if it "involves communications in furtherance of a contemplated or ongoing crime or fraud," according to the American Bar Association.
Trump tweeted earlier Tuesday morning that attorneyclient privilege is dead after it was reported Monday that the FBI raided the office and hotel room of Trumps personal lawyer, Michael Cohen.
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"Long live the crime-fraud exception," Bharara whom President Trump fired last year after he refused to resign from his post tweeted Tuesday.
The crime-fraud exception means that a client's communications with an attorney isn't privileged if it "involves communications in furtherance of a contemplated or ongoing crime or fraud," according to the American Bar Association.
Trump tweeted earlier Tuesday morning that attorneyclient privilege is dead after it was reported Monday that the FBI raided the office and hotel room of Trumps personal lawyer, Michael Cohen.
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Trump has apparently lived his whole life without ever being held responsible....
usaf-vet
Apr 2018
#16
When a Democrat wins the White House, maybe he should be Attorney General.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2018
#26
if I was on twitter, the two people I would follow are Dr. Tyson and Mr. Bharara
Skittles
Apr 2018
#29