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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1043567)

12/17/2017 4:53:09 PM

From: Brumar89

Respond to of 1580037

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Specifically, Loewentritt said, "in using our devices," transition team members were informed that materials "would not be held back in any law enforcement" actions.

Loewentritt read to BuzzFeed News a series of agreements that anyone had to agree to when using GSA materials during the transition, including that there could be monitoring and auditing of devices and that, "Therefore, no expectation of privacy can be assumed."

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If they were taking place on a server where the trump officials were explicitly warned that there was no expectation of privacy, then those communications were unprivileged ab initio, regardless of whether they were between an attorney and client.
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Attorney client privilege protects private communications made for the purpose of obtaining or providing legal advice. Emphasis on private.

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Trump can’t claim executive privilege during the campaign because he wasn’t president, nor can he now claim attorney client privilege sense he turned those documents over to the GSA as a third party.

The argument begins and ends there.