• Telorand@reddthat.com
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    10 months ago

    This is why Trump basically has multiple teams of freshman lawyers.

    The few experienced lawyers brave enough to take him on quickly find out that he’s a giant man-baby who’s unable to be controlled or reasoned with (or their hubris makes them think they are one who can), and the greenhorns are too naive to know it’s a trap and that they’re just fodder for the Trump Grift Machine.

    Either way, get fucked Joe. You should have left long ago and kept whatever shred of decency you used to have, instead of letting this rapist continue to abuse his victim.

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      10 months ago

      I suspect it’s more about realizing that he won’t get paid than anything else. Plenty of lawyers willing to defend the guilty when they’re paid to do it

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        10 months ago

        Plenty of lawyers willing to defend the guilty

        As they should.

        Justice can only be served when the defendant has had the opportunity to have a good defense.

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          10 months ago

          Trump is definitely guilty, and I agree that he deserves a defense, but unfortunately for him, it kind of goes out the window when he doesn’t respect the laws and courts that give him that right.

          He has the right to a defense, not a good one, and that’s exactly what he’s getting because of his behavior.

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            10 months ago

            He has the right to a defense, not a good one, and that’s exactly what he’s getting because of his behavior.

            How about, he has a right to the best defense his ego will allow him to have?

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        10 months ago

        I suspect quite a few would represent a former president for free just to have that on their resume, it’s being disbarred or named in future lawsuits that’s the deal-breaker.

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        10 months ago

        I think it’s more about Trump demanding to testify. If the lawyer knows you’re going to perjure yourself, the lawyer would get in trouble if it’s found out. Since trump has so many cases going on, someone would probably find out.

        Mr. Trump recently told The New York Times that he wanted to testify in the new trial, and that Mr. Tacopina had advised him against doing so in the first one — a decision the former president said he regretted.

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        10 months ago

        When they think they have a chance to win, and even they can control their client