Rick Hasen on Twitter: "Why couldn’t Trump have given his lawyer Michael Cohen a broad agency power to enter into agreements benefitting him on his behalf? Seems like a smart way to maintain distance from his fixer… https://t.co/qtb3odIUgv"

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1. Jonathan Stern‏ @jonstern611 Apr 5
  Replying to @rickhasen
  
  Since it's a settlement agreement and such authority would violate ethics rules, wouldn't that mean that Trump can't legally give such authority? In addition, it contains reps and warranties by trump, so isn't there fraud in the inducement if Trump did not know?
  
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1. Hardwork2u‏ @Arlington920 Apr 6
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  A client can’t give his legal agent that kind of authority because the professional standards doesn’t allow it. Otherwise clients would have no exposure as it would all fall on the legal representation. Lawyers couldn’t survive because the clients would just turn on them too pic.twitter.com/Nah4g8L4DO
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1. Jack Harrison‏ @jbh502 Apr 5
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  Did Trump say that?
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1. a dog, in doggles‏ @DogInDoggles Apr 5
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  would require the scope of agency to encompass fixing, though. also seems like a ethics issue for Cohen, given lawyers obligation to present settlements to the client in NY. (agency doesn’t override that obligation absent a specific authorization for the particular settlement.)
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1. Individual-1‏ @lex_nyc Apr 5
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  He could have. The issue here is that Cohen signed only as an agent of EC, not as an agent of "DD".
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1. Michael Warnken‏ @michael_warnken Apr 5
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  You guys are chasing your own tail here!
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1. Michael Connor‏ @warbler44 Apr 5
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  Lawyers completing deals without their clients' knowledge sounds really brilliant.
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1. adub‏ @AlanWindham Apr 5
  Replying to @rickhasen
  
  If he admitted that, he’d be admitting that Cohen made the payment as his agent, that essentially he’d paid Daniels.
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1. Joe FF‏ @joeff53 Apr 5
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  Aren’t agents acts ultimately imputed to principal? If so, what’s the point?
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1. Tiberius Gracchus‏ @TiberiGracchus Apr 5
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  But if Prez didn't repay Cohen, doesn't that mean that Cohen made an illegal campaign contribution. What other purpose could have there been for a payment of that amount at that time?
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1. Christian Sporleder‏ @CASporleder Apr 5
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  One small problem. That would have required forethought.
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