Marjorie Taylor Greene's lawyer exposed himself to a 'heckuva conflict of interest': former federal

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Marjorie Taylor Greene's lawyer exposed himself to a 'heckuva conflict of interest': former federal prosecutor

By Matthew Chapman
Published April 22, 2022

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On Friday, during the hearing against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), her attorney objected to a line of questioning about White House discussions of declaring martial law to overturn the 2020 presidential election — saying that he also represents former President Donald Trump, and claiming that any discussions on that are covered by executive privilege.

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In response, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance expressed her shock at the claim of executive privilege, claiming that it is a "heckuva conflict of interest" for this attorney representing Greene to also have been involved in discussions with Trump — and noting the multiple ways that executive privilege does not, in fact, apply to this situation.

https://www.rawstory.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-lawyer-exposed/

[uponit7771]

1. Judge should tell her to get another lawyer without coi

[turbinetree]

2. You would think so......will see what happens....

I still believe these will cases will go to the supreme court...

[uponit7771]

6. +1

[gratuitous]

3. Vance was right on that

She immediately and correctly pointed out that the former guy and his interests aren't involved in this case, and the ridiculous assertion of executive privilege is just that: ridiculous.

[Takket]

4. exerting exeutive privlidge on a question to a member of congress is one hell of a hail mary

[calimary]

10. Both my parents had a phrase for that.

MTG has "more nerve than the guy who ate the first oyster!"

[TomSlick]

5. Wait, what?

The lawyer, is putting MTG in jeopardy by claiming executive privilege on behalf of TFG, who he claims to also represent. So yeah, he has a huge conflict of interests.

[thesquanderer]

7. Does anyone know what the judge said in response? n/t

[Ms. Toad]

13. The objection was overruled -

meaning he rejected the objection, and MTG had to answer the question.

[sop]

8. "I actually represent the president"?

We only have one at a time, so which president is that?

[Hortensis]

12. :) Right. They did what they could to use the exposure

as a pro-tRump rally, of course. Big election coming up, gotta keep the mob loyal.

[unweird]

9. Was she asked about martial law discussions with the White House?

If the President wasn’t mention then why the objection unless such discussions did take place. Was this a tell on both his clients simultaneously?

[empedocles]

11. Someone needs to open disbarment proceedings