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<\/p>\nCourtroom Bombshell: Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen\u2019s Previously Unnamed Client is Sean Hannity<\/b>
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A federal court judge this afternoon ordered Michael Cohen\u2019s legal team to name a previously unnamed third client (his other two are Donald Trump and Republican fundraiser Elliot Broidy) he advised in 2017, and that client turns out to be Fox News host Sean Hannity.<\/p>\n
The disclosure came during a hearing challenging the FBI\u2019s seizure of documents from Cohen\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
CNBC reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n In an earlier court filing Monday morning, lawyers for Cohen refused to identify the recent client \u2014 one of three people Cohen represented between 2017 and 2018. The lawyers also refused to identify the names of other past clients.<\/p>\n Lawyers for Cohen \u2014\u00a0whose business records were seized by FBI agents April 9<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 said the then-unnamed client had told Cohen not to disclose his name and that they believed Cohen had a duty not to disclose it.<\/p>\n They also said that if Cohen\u2019s clients, other than Trump, were publicly revealed, it is \u201clikely to be embarrassing or detrimental to the client.\u201d<\/p>\n Hannity responded to the revelations to Wall Street Journal reporter Rebecca Ballhaus:<\/p>\n Sean Hannity\u2019s response to being named Michael Cohen\u2019s third client: “We have been friends a long time. I have sought legal advice from Michael.”<\/p>\n \u2014 Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) April 16, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Developing\u2026<\/p>\n The post Courtroom Bombshell: Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen\u2019s Previously Unnamed Client is Sean Hannity<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n