LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “A lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney, Michael Cohen, on Wednesday [5-30-18] accused adult film actress Stormy Daniels’ lawyer of leaking Cohen’s bank records to the press, calling it a ‘drive-by shooting of my client’s rights.’ The comments by Cohen lawyer Stephen Ryan regarding Daniels’ lawyer, Michael Avenatti, came during an often-heated hearing before U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood in Manhattan related to a criminal investigation by federal prosecutors into Cohen’s business dealings. Avenatti told Wood he did not release anything improper about Cohen, who has not been charged with a crime. But the judge told Avenatti he would not have free rein in her courtroom ‘to denigrate Mr. Cohen and, I believe, potentially, deprive him of a fair trial by tainting a jury pool’ should criminal charges be brought against Cohen. Leaks could make it harder for Cohen to get a fair trial if he were charged. Legal experts have said he might choose to cooperate with prosecutors as pressure mounts. The investigation stems in part from a referral by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is probing whether Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign colluded with Russia.”
-Jonathan Stempel, Brendan Pierson, “Cohen attorney assails Stormy Daniels’ lawyer; judge sets deadline for document review,” Reuters, May 30, 2019 4:04 am