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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Trump's personal attorney argues his documents are off limits

    President Donald Trump’s embattled personal attorney Michael Cohen was in a Manhattan court today.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 16, 2018 • 1 min read

    President Donald Trump’s embattled personal attorney Michael Cohen was in a Manhattan court today. The FBI raided his office and hotel room last week, looking for information on payments to two women who claim to have had affairs with the president. At issue in court today was who gets access to the troves of documents the agents seized. Also, which of those documents are protected by attorney client privilege?

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    How Beverly Hills unleashed the political power of celebrities
    1. 0:00Trump's personal attorney argues his documents are off limitsYou’re reading this
    2. 7:49Who is Keith Davidson?
    3. 17:54How effective will Mayor Garcetti's homelessness plan be?
    4. 25:47How Beverly Hills became an independent city
    5. 39:38How Trump got a house in Beverly Hills for free, then sold it for more than $9 million
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