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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTop conservative lawyers steer clear of Trump's latest legal fight
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Teri Kanefield
@Teri_Kanefield
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Oct 14, 2021
CNN reported that Trump is having trouble finding a lawyer who will file his executive privilege claim.
The thread I wrote yesterday explains why.
The suit is such a loser it will probably (1) not buy meaningful time (2) lose (3) leave him enraged at his lawyers. . .
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Teri Kanefield
@Teri_Kanefield
I'll be serious now. Here's how I read the letter.
The letter Bannon wrote asserts that Trump has ordered Bannon not to testify, so short of a court order, Bannon won't testify.
They're acting as if Trump is still president (weird much).
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Teri Kanefield
@Teri_Kanefield
Here's the reporting: https://cnn.com/2021/10/13/politics/conservative-lawyers-steer-clear-of-trump/index.html
I guess he could always represent himself, show up at court in pro per (https://definitions.uslegal.com/i/in-propria-persona-or-in-pro-per/ ) and then claim executive privilege on the grounds that he's the president cuz he won🤷?♀️
nah. That would be way too unhinged 🤣
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Teri Kanefield
@Teri_Kanefield
·
Oct 14, 2021
CNN reported that Trump is having trouble finding a lawyer who will file his executive privilege claim.
The thread I wrote yesterday explains why.
The suit is such a loser it will probably (1) not buy meaningful time (2) lose (3) leave him enraged at his lawyers. . .
1/
Teri Kanefield
@Teri_Kanefield
I'll be serious now. Here's how I read the letter.
The letter Bannon wrote asserts that Trump has ordered Bannon not to testify, so short of a court order, Bannon won't testify.
They're acting as if Trump is still president (weird much).
1/
Link to tweet
Teri Kanefield
@Teri_Kanefield
Here's the reporting: https://cnn.com/2021/10/13/politics/conservative-lawyers-steer-clear-of-trump/index.html
I guess he could always represent himself, show up at court in pro per (https://definitions.uslegal.com/i/in-propria-persona-or-in-pro-per/ ) and then claim executive privilege on the grounds that he's the president cuz he won🤷?♀️
nah. That would be way too unhinged 🤣
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https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/13/politics/conservative-lawyers-steer-clear-of-trump/index.html
Washington (CNN) A number of high-powered lawyers who have represented Donald Trump in the past are sitting out his latest legal battle, as the former President prepares to assert executive privilege to block congressional investigators from getting information on the January 6 insurrection.
That's left Trump with a relatively small legal team without a lot of experience litigating issues of executive privilege as he readies for a court fight that could test major issues of presidential authority.
Some go-to attorneys have been spooked by Trump's reputation for sometimes not paying as a client, according to several people familiar with conservative legal circles. Others watched closely as lawyers fled Trump's prior teams, frustrated by him as a client or facing their own ethical predicaments. Others still want themselves and their firms to stay far away from Trump's insistence that the election was stolen.
"It's not a 10-foot pole" for law firms distancing themselves from Trump, "it's a 1,000-foot pole," said John Yoo, a University of California at Berkeley law professor who held a senior Justice Department position in the George W. Bush administration.
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Top conservative lawyers steer clear of Trump's latest legal fight (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Oct 2021
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East-A-Squared
(14,505 posts)1. The lawyers don't want to get stiffed.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,496 posts)4. Major League Legal Costs to fight this,
With no chance to win, Then try to collect on Trump.....see you in Court!
FSogol
(45,485 posts)2. Allow me to be the first to say "haw haw". N/t
smb
(3,471 posts)3. Maybe He'll Have To Represent Himself
The spectacle of Cheato as a pro se defendant will crash global supply chains again with the increased demand for popcorn....
keithbvadu2
(36,805 posts)5. Tiffany graduated from law school. Put her to work.
Tiffany graduated from law school.
Put her to work.
She can work under one of Daddy Dotard's legal eagles.
Rudy, Lin Wood, Sidney Powell.
ZonkerHarris
(24,226 posts)6. Many lawyers like to be paid for their work.