Trump lawyer forced to reveal another client: Sean Hannity
A legal fight over what should happen to records the FBI seized from President Donald Trump's personal attorney took a surprise twist Monday when the lawyer, Michael Cohen, was forced to reveal in court that he had also secretly done legal work for Fox News host Sean Hannity.
The disclosure came as Cohen's attorneys tried to persuade a federal
judge in New York to delay prosecutors from examining records and
electronic devices seized in the raids on the grounds that many of them
are protected by attorney-client privilege.
U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood said in hearings Friday and again on
Monday that if Cohen wanted the court to declare that the some of his
files were protected because of attorney confidentiality rules, he would
have to divulge the names of his clients.
In a court filing Monday, Cohen's attorneys said three people received
legal help from Cohen in 2017 and 2018, after Trump became president.
One was Trump himself. Another was Elliot Broidy, a Trump fundraiser who resigned from the Republican National Committee
on Friday after it was revealed that he paid $1.6 million to a Playboy
Playmate with whom he had an extramarital affair. The Playmate became
pregnant and elected to have an abortion.
But they initially declined to reveal the name of the third client.
The third legal client directed Mr. Cohen not to reveal the identity publicly, Cohen's lawyers, Todd Harrison and Stephen Ryan, wrote.... | |||||
| Stephen Ryan, Michael Cohen's attorney disclosing Sean Hannity's name after Judge Wood demands he reveal the name. Stormy Daniels seated in the audience . Artwork by Elizabeth Williams |
Wood, though, demanded the name.
"I understand he doesn't want his name out there, but that's not enough under the law," she said.
An email sent to Fox News seeking comment from Hannity was not immediately returned.
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