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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrumps legal team is in shambles. The timing is terrible.
Trumps legal team is in shambles. The timing is terrible.
Muellers Russia investigators want to talk to the president right as his legal team is falling apart.
By Zachary Fryer-Biggs
Updated Mar 27, 2018, 7:26am EDT
President Trumps legal team is in shambles at one of the worst possible moments in the Russia investigation.
Special counsel Robert Muellers investigation is heating up, and Trump is facing a big decision about whether to sit down for an interview with Mueller. But because of the staffing chaos that seems to have plagued the rest of his administration, the president now finds himself with virtually no qualified attorneys left to defend him in the Russia probe.
Trumps top personal lawyer, John Dowd, resigned on Thursday. Reports say hed grown frustrated with Trumps unwillingness to heed his legal advice, including his view that an interview with Mueller would be too risky.
And less than a week after announcing that Trump was adding two new lawyers to his legal team, personal Trump attorney Jay Sekulow had to walk back the announcement, saying the two wouldnt be working on the special counsel investigation after all because of conflicts with their other clients.
White House lawyers Ty Cobb and Don McGahn work for Trump on issues tied to the Russia investigation, but both are on the taxpayer payroll, meaning they are responsible for protecting the office of the presidency, not Trump personally. McGahn and Cobb are both reportedly considering leaving as well.
And new lawyers who could join the team are looking at the chaos and deciding its not worth getting involved.
This is turmoil, its chaos, its confusion, its not good for anything, Ted Olson, a George W. Bush administration solicitor general, told NBC on Monday. Olson turned down an offer from Trump to join the legal team last week.
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Trumps legal team is in shambles. The timing is terrible. (Original Post)
babylonsister
Mar 2018
OP
Is Trump now hoping that having shittly representation might be grounds for an appeal?
TheBlackAdder
Mar 2018
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TheBlackAdder
(28,168 posts)1. Is Trump now hoping that having shittly representation might be grounds for an appeal?
Girard442
(6,066 posts)2. A wholly irrational person can't put together an effective team.
Wow! Who could have predicted?
BootinUp
(47,085 posts)5. yes, its mind boggling
but not the normal way, lol.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,730 posts)3. Humpty Trumpty is cracking.......
And will fall down BIGLY, that nothing or no one will be able to save his sorry ass. Good!
Break the law, violate the Constitution, launder money, and collude with a hostile enemy in order to get elected, it will all catch up to you at some point.
ProfessorGAC
(64,869 posts)4. This Author Might Have The Cart Before The Horse
The piece says "Muellers Russia investigators want to talk to the president right as his legal team is falling apart. "
Isn't it highly likely that the legal team is falling apart BECAUSE MUELLER WANTS TO TALK TO THE PRESIDENT?
The stakes got much higher and the lawyers know they can't control the dweeb. So, time to bail while the getting is good.
Wounded Bear
(58,605 posts)6. Nice to see Murphy's Law kick in on Trump...
"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time and under the worst possible circumstances."
Gothmog
(144,943 posts)7. From my twitter feed
HipChick
(25,485 posts)8. Trump does not need any representation...He *ALONE* can fix everything...
Please proceed...
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)9. The staffing chaos that SEEMS to have plagued his administration?
Yeah, and Woody Woodpecker SEEMS to have an annoying laugh.