Yesterday, President Trump sent these tweets after the FBI raided the office of his attorney, Michael Cohen:
Attorney–client privilege is dead!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 10, 2018
A TOTAL WITCH HUNT!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 10, 2018
The New York Times editorial board took this approach in an editorial slamming Trump:
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
That sounds like the kind of argument that would make liberals shudder if the subject in question were a Democrat:
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
Think it through, NYT!
https://twitter.com/notwokieleaks/status/984071335302369280
Says the paper that uses ‘unnamed sources…’ https://t.co/QdMi63iaGA
— NoOneOfConsequence (@StarDogCh4mpion) April 11, 2018
Recommended
https://twitter.com/ThinBlueLR/status/984076028766277632
The NYT just wiped its ass on attorney-client privilege. https://t.co/vqjce76pYP
— Angus T. Kirk (@angusparvo) April 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/ihate_everyone2/status/984083086831968256
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 (T) (@Mongotrucker) April 11, 2018
Liberals hate your rights. https://t.co/DfTnpTlXpT
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) 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
The Times’ opinion on attorney-client privilege would probably change rather rapidly!