Michael Cohen Drops Ridiculous Lawsuit Against Buzzfeed After Buzzfeed Sought Stormy Daniels' Details
from the fighting-fires dept
Donald Trump’s long time lawyer, Michael Cohen has been in a bit of hot water of late. As you no doubt heard, the FBI raided Cohen’s office and home seeking a bunch of information, some of which related to the $130,000 he paid to adult performer Stormy Daniels. Already there have been a few court appearances in which Cohen (and Donald Trump) have sought to suppress some of what’s been seized, but that doesn’t seem to be going too well. At the same time, Cohen is still fighting Daniels in court, which also doesn’t seem to be going too well.
Given all of that, it’s not too surprising that Cohen has decided to dismiss his ridiculous lawsuit against Buzzfeed for publishing the Christopher Steele dossier. As we pointed out, that lawsuit was going nowhere, because it sought to hold Buzzfeed liable for content created by someone else (oh, and that leaves out that much of what Cohen claimed was defamatory may actually have been true.
And while many are suggesting Cohen dropped that lawsuit because the other lawsuits are a much bigger priority, there may be another important reason as well. As we noted last month, through a somewhat complex set of circumstances, the lawsuit against Buzzfeed may have resulted in Cohen having to reveal the details he’s been avoiding concerning Stormy Daniels. That’s because Buzzfeed was claiming that Cohen’s interactions with Daniels were relevant to its case, and it was likely to seek that information as part of the case moving forward.
In other words, dropping the Buzzfeed lawsuit (that he was going to lose anyway), Cohen wasn’t just ditching a distraction in the face of more important legal issues, he may be hoping to cut off at least one avenue for all the stuff he’s been trying to keep secret from becoming public. That doesn’t mean it won’t become public eventually. After all the DOJ has a bunch of it. But it does suggest that Cohen had more than one reason to drop the Buzzfeed lawsuit.
Filed Under: christopher steele, defamation, michael cohen, slapp, steele dossier, stormy daniels
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Comments on “Michael Cohen Drops Ridiculous Lawsuit Against Buzzfeed After Buzzfeed Sought Stormy Daniels' Details”
From the outset it was obvious to knowledgeable observers that discovery would be a dense minefield for Cohen.
As a plaintiff he had little hope of obstructing discovery. If he became a counterclaim defendant he had no hope of escaping an expensive courtroom loss.
It appears that his experience threatening and bluffing has served him poorly in this situation.
I can see a film in this
An off the wall dark comedy. Maybe Coen and Coen on Cohen.
Re: I can see a film in this
Just make sure you don’t confuse Joel Coen with Joel Cohen.
It would appear that unlike his main client, Cohen knows when to take his own lawyers advice and bail. At least this time anyways.