POINT: Here's Why What Michael Cohen is Doing is So Damaging to Every Day Americans/COUNTERPOINT: Michael Cohen Proves It: The President is a Crook

Tom Del Baccaro wrote:

Michael Cohen has testified before Congress. America has now seen the very worst of what an attorney can be. His wanton breach of ethics has harmed not only the profession but, more importantly, the Americans it is meant to serve.

The purpose of the legal profession, or certainly should be, is to serve the interests of clients – not just rich clients, but every day Americans as well. In order to do that, it is the ethical requirement of every attorney in this country NOT to disclose the confidences of his or her client.

In New York, the cannon of ethics reads: “A lawyer shall not knowingly reveal confidential information . . . or use such information to the disadvantage of a client or for the advantage of the lawyer or a third person, unless  . . .  the client gives informed consent.”

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Ryan Cooper wrote:

Michael Cohen's dramatic testimony before the House Oversight Committee had many riveting moments. In his prepared remarks, Cohen said that then-presidential candidate Donald Trump had sent letters to his former schools and the College Board, threatening them with legal action should they release his transcripts or SAT scores respectively. There was Cohen's testimony detailing Trump's deeply racist beliefs. There was the peculiar scene of Republican congressmen attacking Cohen for committing crimes while employed by their own party leader.

But undoubtedly the key takeaway from Cohen's testimony is this: The president is a crook.

The most damning piece of evidence Cohen provided was a copy of the $130,000 hush money payment he made to Stormy Daniels — bribing her in October 2016 to keep quiet about allegedly having sex with Trump in 2006, just after his wife Melania had given birth to their son Barron. And contrary to Trump's insistence that Cohen did that on his own initiative, Cohen also provided copies of two reimbursement checks, one from Trump himself and one from the trust that owned his business, for $35,000 each in March and August 2017 — after he had become president.

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