2/27/2019

GOP/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Florida Bar is investigating Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz after his threatening tweet last night about President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen. Francine Andía Walker, the group’s director of communications, said the Florida Bar received a number of calls and emails regarding the tweet after it posted. According to disciplinary guidelines for the group, which is the organization of all lawyers licensed by the Supreme Court of Florida to practice law in the state, the state bar’s lawyer regulation arm must determine that an allegation against a bar member ‘would constitute a violation of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar’ before a probe is opened. On Tuesday [2-26-19] night, just hours ahead of Cohen’s public testimony before the House Oversight Committee, Gaetz — a Trump ally — tweeted at Cohen, ‘Do your wife & father-in-law know about your girlfriends? Maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat. I wonder if she’ll remain faithful when you’re in prison. She’s about to learn a lot…’ A state bar investigation is not a criminal probe, and in Florida, there are further layers of investigation that the probe will go through before any potential disciplinary action is brought down by the Florida Supreme Court.”

David Shortell, “Florida Bar investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz for Cohen tweet,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, February 27, 2019 10:03 pm