4 defense attorneys approached to join Trump's legal defense all turned him down.

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Katelyn Polantz @kpolantz 11:46 AM - Mar 22, 2018

UPDATE: 4 defense attorneys at different large law firms have been approached to join Trump's legal defense team in recent weeks. All 4 turned him down.

Katelyn Polantz is a crime and justice writer at CNN.

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Better call Saul.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Where is Roy? Get me Roy!

Hey Donnie,Roy is invisible just like your F-35's.

[BlueJac]

27. That is so good!

I am laughing my ass off right now, sipping on an IPA.

[Gothmog]

2. No credible attorney wants to be associated with trump

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Funny thing is, most lawyers wouldn't flinch at defending the likes of

John Gotti, Whitey Bulger, Charlie Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, O. J. Simpson and other thoroughly despicable characters, but Trump can't get anybody but goofballs like DiGenova, Cohen and Kasowitz. Lawyers tend to love high-profile cases, and you can't get any higher profile than this. But the aforementioned reprobates probably listened to their lawyers, and paid them. Trump doesn't do either - and he's such a scumbag that his taint would never wash off.

[Maeve]

12. There is also his greatest sin--he often doesn't pay!

And no one wants a client like THAT!

[jberryhill]

16. Attorneys like challenging work in general

I've never considered my credibility to somehow be a function of whomever my clients have been.

[herding cats]

3. Theodore Olson and Emmet Flood I know of. Who were the other two?

[jberryhill]

6. Olson was simply conflicted out

If you read the Karen McDougal complaint, it notes that she consulted with Olson's firm, Gibson Dunn. So Olson couldn't take the engagement even if he wanted to.

[herding cats]

10. I read that, also.

Still, I assume he's one of the four mentioned here.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. And I'd bet he didn't want to anyhow.

Most of those big firms can do the "Chinese wall" thing and take clients with potential conflicts with the clients' consent. But a posh outfit like Gibson Dunn probably didn't want to go near the whole hot mess of Trump's legal problems.

[Justice]

14. Olson could have left GD and gone into WH like Dowd or Cobb - he declined b/c wasn't interested

[hlthe2b]

20. prominent lawyers who know him (Tribe, Abramson, etc) have said he declined for more

significant reasons. He could have gotten past any perceived conflict with McDougal since he did not consult with her. (Chinese wall)

[Sanity Claws]

28. Conflicts can be waived by the client

An attorney can inform the client in writing of the conflict of interest. If the client still wants the attorney to represent him despite the conflict, then the client can sign a waiver and have the attorney represent him.

Of course, if you are the attorney and really don’t want the client, then you don’t present that option.

[fleur-de-lisa]

13. Robert Bennett is one. She didn't name the fourth.

From Wikipedia:

"Robert S. Bennett (born 1939) is an American attorney and partner at Hogan Lovells, best known for representing President Bill Clinton during the Lewinsky scandal.

Bennett is also famous for representing Judith Miller in the Valerie Plame CIA leak grand jury investigation case, Caspar Weinberger, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, during the Iran-Contra scandal of the 1980s, Clark Clifford in the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) scandal, and Paul Wolfowitz in the World Bank Scandal. He served as special counsel for the Senate Ethics Committee's 1989–1991 investigation of the Keating Five. In 2008, Bennett was hired by John McCain to defend allegations by The New York Times of an improper relationship with a Washington lobbyist".

[herding cats]

17. Huh, he's the same person who was urging Dowd to resign to "preserve his professional reputation"

This was just yesterday... that had to be a blow to Trump since he'd recently tried to retain him!

[Renew Deal]

5. Trump doesn't listen and doesn't pay

So it's not worth it on any level.

[gratuitous]

7. It's good news for Trump

He's going to hire only the best lawyers, and the ones who turn him down or quit on him are, by definition, not the best lawyers. So he's hot on the scent of the best lawyers, now that the bad ones are weeded out. Hey, there's an ad for a lawyer! No fee unless they win your case! Trump likes the sound of that (no fee regardless of the outcome would be even better, but that's a negotiation for a later time). Anyway, no fee; what's "mee so thee lee oma"? Is that like "me so . . . "? Trump like!

[spanone]

9. They have reputations to protect. The toxic 'presidency'.

[MrsCoffee]

15. Let him represent himself. He is the best at everything, right?

[MineralMan]

18. Let him represent himself, pro se.

Surely he's no fool...

[sunonmars]

19. Lawyers talk to each other, they all know where this case is going and warning each other off.

[Kirk Lover]

21. I hear Jose Baez will represent lying dirtbags.

[Demsrule86]

22. That will leave a mark on Shitler.

[Demovictory9]

23. 1. He's not going to pay them.

They won't get full payment.

[lpbk2713]

24. Don't call us. We'll call you.

[LAS14]

25. How does this info go public? I'm definitely glad it does. Just wondering. nt

[Motley13]

26. He doesn't pay & he doesn't listen, some reputation

He knows more than the generals, I'm sure he knows more thane the lawyers