The New York Times’ Take On Attorney-Client Privilege Is BEYOND Idiotic

My boyfriend is a criminal lawyer. Have I mentioned that? Maybe not. He’s super private and kinda hates when I write about him.

So yeah. I hear “Attorney-Client Privilege” on a daily basis. What does attorney-client privilege mean to me? It means closing my eyes when I walk by his home office and his stuff is all over the place because I’m not allowed to see anyone’s files. THEY ARE PRIVILEGED.

Dramatic? Sure. But I kind of get a kick out of it.

Anyway, President Trump had this to say about the FBI’s raid of his long-time personal attorney’s offices:

Attorney–client privilege is dead!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 10, 2018

A TOTAL WITCH HUNT!!!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 10, 2018

That’s entirely where my head went, too. It turns are there ARE legal ways to do this… but they’re very limited. If it turns out the warrant for this isn’t IRON CLAD… all hell WILL break loose.

Anyway, the NYT has a hot take on this… and it might be one of the dumber things they’ve ever published (that’s saying a lot.)

If this is all just a big witch hunt, why does Trump care so much about preserving attorney-client privilege in the first place? https://t.co/elVOiv4XhF

— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) April 10, 2018

“If this is all just a big witch hunt, why does Trump care so much about preserving attorney-client privilege in the first place?”

They CAN’T be serious…

Dear lord.

They’re serious.

What a dumb argument. It’s like saying “If you have nothing to hide, why do you care about warrantless police searches?” https://t.co/uC1kr8mu5R

— neontaster 🚟 (@neontaster) April 11, 2018

If you have nothing to hide, why do you care about stop and frisk?
If you’ve got nothing in your butt, why do you care about TSA cavity searches?
If you’re not eating the cake, why do you care so much about all the cake being poisoned?

This tweet should have been privileged. https://t.co/6MaJmVJ8jV

— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) April 11, 2018

Liberals don’t care about the law. Especially when it comes to “getting” anyone who stands in the way of protecting our rights.

This is where we’re headed folks. https://t.co/JstuQSMDqw

— BlueReaganite (@ThinBlueLR) April 11, 2018

The NYT just wiped its ass on attorney-client privilege. https://t.co/vqjce76pYP

— Angus T. Kirk (@angusparvo) April 11, 2018

If it was all just a big witch hunt, then why did Bryan Pagliano, Paul Combetta, and Bill Thornton all assert their fifth amendment rights if there’s nothing to hide? This is a fun game. https://t.co/RTg2VhqcRv

— Sen. John Blutarsky (@Mongotrucker) April 11, 2018

Why does the NYT care about this? Perhaps we should abolish “presumed innocent” and start rooting around in the files of every lawyer who’s ever worked for the NYT? https://t.co/cESQzhzYjM

— Shoebox (@Shoeboxnre) April 11, 2018

GREAT idea!

So what does this come down to?

Liberals hate your rights. https://t.co/DfTnpTlXpT

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) April 11, 2018

Eeexactly.