Lawyers are required to keep separate accounts of client money that they hold. A retainer can be a refundable deposit against charges (i.e., client money) or it can be a fee (i.e., the lawyer's money). If the lawyer doesn't specify or classify correctly, it could be malpractice.
But that would be Cohen's problem. Now we have the actual "evidence" for these charges in invoices and such, the worst I can see is that some dates don't match--but Trump didn't do that either.
Lawyers are required to keep separate accounts of client money that they hold. A retainer can be a refundable deposit against charges (i.e., client money) or it can be a fee (i.e., the lawyer's money). If the lawyer doesn't specify or classify correctly, it could be malpractice.
But that would be Cohen's problem. Now we have the actual "evidence" for these charges in invoices and such, the worst I can see is that some dates don't match--but Trump didn't do that either.