Stefan Passantino

I thought it was over. It only happened subsequently that I learned that while I was representing her, Liz Cheney was communicating with her behind my back while I was her lawyer. Now, that's a Lawyer 101 thing that you're just not allowed to do. One of the things that's set up within our legal rules of ethics in order to prevent

an unscrupulous lawyer from manipulating the client is there is a very clear bar rule that says if somebody is represented by a lawyer with respect to a particular matter, you, the lawyer on the other side, don't have the right to communicate directly to that client except through the lawyer. And that rule is in place to prevent people from circumventing the lawyer and manipulating the testimony.

an unscrupulous lawyer from manipulating the client is there is a very clear bar rule that says if somebody is represented by a lawyer with respect to a particular matter, you, the lawyer on the other side, don't have the right to communicate directly to that client except through the lawyer. And that rule is in place to prevent people from circumventing the lawyer and manipulating the testimony.

an unscrupulous lawyer from manipulating the client is there is a very clear bar rule that says if somebody is represented by a lawyer with respect to a particular matter, you, the lawyer on the other side, don't have the right to communicate directly to that client except through the lawyer. And that rule is in place to prevent people from circumventing the lawyer and manipulating the testimony.

No, this is a longstanding. This is one of those 101 rules of law.

No, this is a longstanding. This is one of those 101 rules of law.

No, this is a longstanding. This is one of those 101 rules of law.

Clearly a core rule. And it's also a core rule that you can't do knowingly indirectly, which you can't do directly. You can't, and this happened here from all the things that I've seen. Like I said, you don't have to believe a word I'm saying. It's right in the testimony that her staffers, which were lawyers, were also communicating, and she was working through what I would call a cutout,

Clearly a core rule. And it's also a core rule that you can't do knowingly indirectly, which you can't do directly. You can't, and this happened here from all the things that I've seen. Like I said, you don't have to believe a word I'm saying. It's right in the testimony that her staffers, which were lawyers, were also communicating, and she was working through what I would call a cutout,

Clearly a core rule. And it's also a core rule that you can't do knowingly indirectly, which you can't do directly. You can't, and this happened here from all the things that I've seen. Like I said, you don't have to believe a word I'm saying. It's right in the testimony that her staffers, which were lawyers, were also communicating, and she was working through what I would call a cutout,

which was Alyssa Farrah Griffin, was effectively operating as Cassidy's friend who started the process as a go-between.

which was Alyssa Farrah Griffin, was effectively operating as Cassidy's friend who started the process as a go-between.

which was Alyssa Farrah Griffin, was effectively operating as Cassidy's friend who started the process as a go-between.

She is a prominent TV personality and also famously not just on The View, but also was a, I think, a contributor for CNN, which a lot of folks... And I just feel duty-bound to report that she's...

She is a prominent TV personality and also famously not just on The View, but also was a, I think, a contributor for CNN, which a lot of folks... And I just feel duty-bound to report that she's...

She is a prominent TV personality and also famously not just on The View, but also was a, I think, a contributor for CNN, which a lot of folks... And I just feel duty-bound to report that she's...

Correct. And what that resulted in, and we've now learned through some fantastic work that has been done by the House, Chairman Loudermilk of the House Admin Oversight Committee,

Correct. And what that resulted in, and we've now learned through some fantastic work that has been done by the House, Chairman Loudermilk of the House Admin Oversight Committee,

Correct. And what that resulted in, and we've now learned through some fantastic work that has been done by the House, Chairman Loudermilk of the House Admin Oversight Committee,

Uncovered documents that I just would not have believed still existed or would have been turned over to the government, which effectively prove that there was this back channel of conversation between Liz Cheney and her staff, both of whom are lawyers and others, effectively to say, We have more we want to say.