CHUCK TODD (HOST): Frankly I’m now confused by the many statements Sean Hannity has put out about whether Michael Cohen is his attorney or not. And in fact, to me is there anything that Hannity has said publicly that would indicate to a special master, well Hannity’s waved any client privilege because he’s claimed he’s not really his lawyer.
MIMI ROCAH: Yea, I mean look, you’re not the only one that’s confused, even as a lawyer I’m a little confused too. He’s said some conflicting things and very conflicting from what Cohen’s lawyers were saying in court. So I don't know if that is a miscommunication or somebody is not telling the truth or what. But the short answer as I understand what Hannity has said, he’s said, “You know look, I paid him” I think he said, “10 dollars and I sought his legal advice and I said this was attorney client privileged.” That’s not what determines whether something is attorney client privilege, you can’t just say hey this is attorney client privilege no matter what you tell an attorney therefor it’s privileged. That would sort of put the cart before the horse and mean that you, the privilege holder always gets to decide it no matter whether it’s illegal or not. I’m not saying what he was consulting on was illegal but just to give you an example of why that doesn’t make sense. He has said though, right? I mean he has said that but he’s also said he didn’t represent me. So, you know, you can’t have it both ways and it’s not clear right now where the facts really are, what the truth is.
