Trump Stuck With the D-List Lawyers

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8-16-2022

Trump stuck with the D-list as experienced lawyers refuse to help him with FBI investigation.

On Tuesday, The Washington Post reported that former President Donald Trump is struggling to find reputable lawyers to assist him as the FBI investigates his unusual retention of highly classified information at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.

"The struggle to find expert legal advice puts Trump in a bind as he faces potential criminal exposure from a records dispute with the National Archives that escalated into a federal investigation into possible violations of the Espionage Act and other statutes," reported Isaac Arnsdorf, Josh Dawsey, Carol D. Leonnig, Jacqueline Alemany, and Rosalind S. Helderman.

"'Everyone is saying no,' said a prominent Republican lawyer, who like some others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss confidential conversations."

"Ordinarily, the prestige and publicity of representing a former president, as well as the new and complex legal issues at stake in this case, would attract high-powered attorneys.

But Trump’s search is being hampered by his divisiveness, as well as his reputation for stiffing vendors and ignoring advice," said the report.

'In olden days, he would tell firms representing him was a benefit because they could advertise off it. Today it’s not the same.'
'He’s also a very difficult client in that he’s always pushing the envelope, he rarely listens to sound legal advice, and he wants you to do things that are not appropriate, ethically or legally.'"

According to the report, the legal team Trump is stuck with is less than prepared to help him with such a high-profile legal battle.

"People familiar with the search for legal help said the effort includes Susie Wiles, a close adviser to Trump, and attorney Christina Bobb, who was present at Mar-a-Lago during the search and signed for the list of documents taken," said the report.

"Former campaign adviser Boris Epshteyn is taking a prominent role, and former White House aide Kash Patel is advising informally. Patel is raising money for a 'legal offense' fund by selling merchandise such as tank tops and beanies emblazoned with the logo
'K$H.'"

"Trump’s other lawyer currently based in Florida is Lindsey Halligan, whose practice, according to a professional biography, focuses on insurance claims at residential and commercial properties," said the report.
"She was admitted to the Florida bar in 2014. A search of federal court records found no filings under her name. She did not respond to requests for comment."

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Yea right .. Lawyers dont care about the money and publicity the case would give them .. They only care about their ethics, morals...right and wrong

Subject: Re: Trump Stuck With the D-List Lawyers Wed Aug 17, 2022 2:26 pm

Why would a lawyer want to defend Trump knowing the FBI will come down hard on them if they do?

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oliver clotheshoffe wrote:: Why would a lawyer want to defend Trump knowing the FBI will come down hard on them if they do?

The lawyers only stand to lose their case, whatever it may be .. It's Trump being scrutinized/prosecuted/targeted, not his lawyers

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8-17-2022

Trump Hires Florida Insurance Lawyer as Top Attorneys Refuse to Work for Him.

Former President Donald Trump and his team have spent days since the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago trying
to assemble a “team of respected lawyers” but keep getting rejected, according to The Washington Post.

“Everyone is saying no,” a prominent Republican lawyer told the outlet.

Trump is scrambling to find an experienced team of attorneys to defend him amid mounting legal crises. The Justice Department is investigating him under the Espionage Act after he took classified records, including some labeled “top secret,” to his Mar-a-Lago residence.
He also faces legal scrutiny in the DOJ’s investigation into the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot, as well as a state civil probe in New York and a Fulton County, Ga., criminal investigation into his efforts to overturn his loss in the state.

Jon Sale, a former Watergate prosecutor who is now a prominent Florida defense attorney, told the Post he turned Trump down last week.

“You have to evaluate whether you want to take it,” he said. “It’s not like a DUI. It’s representing the former president of the United States — and maybe the next one — in what’s one of the highest-visibility cases ever.”

The most visible Trump attorney has been Christina Bobb, a former anchor at the right-wing outlet OAN, where she pushed election conspiracy theories that got the network sued by defamation by Dominion Voting Systems.

Bobb’s federal legal experience is largely limited to a “handful of trademark infringement cases on behalf of CrossFit” while she worked for a law firm in San Diego, according to the Post.

Trump’s other Florida-based lawyer is Lindsey Halligan,
a Florida insurance lawyer that handles residential and commercial claims but has never handled a federal case.

Trump’s other attorney in the documents investigation is Alina Habba, who has a small practice near Trump’s Bedminster, N.J., golf club.
She previously worked as general counsel at a parking garage company.

Habba has also represented Trump in his dubious lawsuits against the New York Times, Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee and his niece, Mary Trump.

The New York Times‘ Maggie Haberman noted that this is Trump’s seventh or eighth legal team since he became president.

“Finding a new one has been a challenge amid his desire to treat this as a short term PR issue as opposed to a longer term legal one,” she wrote.

The New York Times reported last week that one of Trump’s lawyers signed a statement in June certifying that Trump had returned all classified documents to the National Archives after a grand jury subpoena was issued in the case.
Investigators subsequently learned from inside sources that there were still classified documents at the resort. It’s unclear which of Trump’s attorneys signed the document.

“You get these guys who just live to be around him, and mistakes get made,” an unnamed attorney told the Post. “These guys just want to make him happy.”

Another attorney recalled Trump’s legal team urging him to avoid tweeting about the Mueller investigation early in his presidency only to see a tweet about it before they even got to the end of the White House driveway.
“Several people said Trump was nearly impossible to represent and that it would be unclear if they would ever get paid,” the Post reported.

“This is not good,” one Trump confidant told the outlet.
“Something big is going to pop. Somebody needs to be in charge.”

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