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Somehow Michael Cohen And Donald Trump Are Now Involved In The Eric Schneiderman Case

Every cesspool of a New York law story comes together in this one.

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A couple days ago, attorney Peter Gleason came forward explaining that two unrelated and unidentified women had approached his law office regarding alleged sexual misconduct from noted role-play enthusiast former New York AG Eric Schneiderman. Ultimately neither case went forward — something all too common in the pre-#MeToo era — but Gleason did take some preliminary steps on their behalf.

Apparently, those preliminary steps involved bringing Michael Cohen and Donald Trump into the matter for some unknown f**king reason.

Earlier this morning, Gleason wrote Judge Kimba Wood seeking a protective order in the latest bonkers turn in this ridiculous case:

I discussed the matter with a retired journalist by the name of Stephen Dunleavy who suggested and offered to discuss the matter with Donald Trump. Mr. Dunleavy did indeed discuss this very matter with Mr. Trump as evidenced by a phone call I received from Attorney Michael Cohen.

During my communications with Mr. Cohen I shared with him certain details of Mr. Schneiderman’s vile attacks on these two women.

So… why? What exactly was the point of bringing Trump into this? Cohen I understand — he smelled a high-priced NDA the way a shark smells a drop of blood from 10 miles away — but what the hell was Trump supposed to do? And, if we take this story at face value, Trump was aware of allegations against Schneiderman and he never brought them up during the Trump University suit? Trump makes up scurrilous attacks out of whole cloth in other cases, but he never tossed around claims about Schneiderman?

Or did he? Check out this gem from 2013:

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That perfectly matches the timeline in Gleason’s letter. This is such a glorious mess.

Oh and for good measure, he manages to take a swipe at Cy Vance in the letter too:

At first glance, the logical recommendation would have been to report this matter to the Manhattan District Attorney. Unfortunately, I had to advise this woman against reporting the incident to the Manhattan District Attorney Office based on my past experience in reporting prima facie political corruption that was ignored by the office, some of which were ultimately prosecuted elsewhere.

I’m sure there was some immigrant bank or computer programmer that needed Vance’s attention.

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It’s like a whole week’s worth of Above the Law coverage in one nice tidy package. We’re all doomed.

(The full letter available on the next page…)

New York Lawyer Says Two Women Complained To Him About Schneiderman [Daily Caller]

Earlier: NY Attorney General Resigns Amid Accusations Of Physically Abusing Women

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