Trump said lawyers Jim Trusty and John Rowley will be replaced by Todd Blanche, who represents him in his porn star payoff criminal case in New York.
    •  AndrasKrigare   ( @AndrasKrigare@beehaw.org ) English
      2•1 year ago

      The full quote is interesting, they kinda double down

      It has been an honor to have spent the last year defending him, and we know he will be vindicated in his battle against the Biden Administration’s partisan weaponization of the American justice system

      Now that the case has been filed in Miami, this is a logical moment for us to step aside and let others carry the cases through to completion. We have no plans to hold media appearances that address our withdrawals or any other confidential communications we’ve had with the President or his legal team.

      I also don’t have legal knowledge, but considering this is a federal case, I wouldn’t have thought that the case being filed in Miami would make much difference. At the very least if you were extremely confident in the case I think you’d make every effort to stay involved.

      •  vinniep   ( @vinniep@beehaw.org ) English
        2•1 year ago

        I don’t know if I’d call that doubling down. For them to come out and say anything that could be construed as disparaging or even hinting that Trump is guilty here would be extremely unprofessional (they’re job is to represent the client), so this is a pretty boiler plate resignation message.

        The real message is in the timing. Leaving your client hanging with just a couple of days before the hearing speaks volumes. Whatever the conflict or disagreement that existed here, it was big.

        •  AndrasKrigare   ( @AndrasKrigare@beehaw.org ) English
          2•1 year ago

          I’d mostly agree, but I’d say that there’s a bit of a spectrum. They could have said “it’s been an honor and we know he will be vindicated against these unjust charges” and I think that would have been sufficiently professional in my opinion. Going on to question the integrity of the justice system itself with “partisan weaponization of the American justice system” is beyond what’s necessary to me.

          •  vinniep   ( @vinniep@beehaw.org ) English
            3•1 year ago

            Very fair point. The unsealed indictment paints an interesting picture that I’m still digesting into this whole tapestry (Trump and his aide successfully tricked his lawyers into attesting that all documents had been turned over through a shell game of boxes in different locations and properties). I need one of those big cork boards with pictures and red string to organize all of the parts to this mess.