Trump has alleged that Cohen violated client-attorney privilege, and is suing for $500 million.
Michael Cohen has accused former President Donald Trump of using the Florida lawsuit for “witness intimidation” ahead of a potential jury trial in New York criminal case against him. | Yuki Iwamura/AP PhotoMIAMI — A magistrate judge on Thursday placed a protective order over a forthcoming deposition by former President Donald Trump in hisagainst his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen in a dispute with implications for the former president’s criminal case in New York.
During a nearly 90-minute court hearing in Miami, Trump’s attorney, Alejandro Brito, argued that documents pertaining to Trump’s relationship to Cohen as a legal client must remain under a confidentiality and protective order, and that not doing so would divulge even more information than what Cohen already had shared publicly.
Cohen, who formerly worked as Trump’s personal attorney, arranged the payment at the center of that case to Daniels ahead of the 2016 election. He’s expected to be a key witness in Trump’s criminal trial in New York, a possibility Torres raised in court Thursday. Cohen has accused Trump of using the Florida lawsuit for “witness intimidation” ahead of a potential jury trial in New York criminal case against him.
Torres told the parties that he was leaning toward making the attorney-client documents confidential, while putting the burden on Trump’s legal team to argue why other information requested in discovery needed to remain under wraps. He indicated he could still narrow the scope of what Trump’s team must present in the case, confidentially or not.
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