LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Getting Michael Cohen to rat out President Donald Trump may not be as simple as it sounds. Although Trump’s detractors are rooting for Trump’s personal attorney to ‘flip’ on the president and cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller to escape a potentially harsh prison sentence, legal obstacles make it difficult for lawyers to expose their clients’ guarded secrets. Even if Cohen is determined to break his confidences with Trump, legal ethics might deter federal prosecutors from coaxing him to betray his professional confidences with Trump, legal veterans and experts say…Because Cohen was Trump’s lawyer, many of those communications are likely covered by the legal principle of attorney-client privilege, which would typically prevent them from being admissible in court. While the privilege can be waived, only Trump — and not Cohen — has the right to do so.”
-Josh Gerstein, “Flipping Cohen against Trump may not be so easy,” Politico, April 24, 2018 5:00 am