Combative Trump attorney refuses to answer question if Trump authorized Stormy Daniels payoff

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Appearing on ABC's "Good Morning America," an attorney for Donald Trump was asked whether the former president would accept an invitation to testify before a Manhattan grand jury as part of an investigation into paying hush money to Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election.

However, sparks flew with attorney Joe Tacopina kept ducking host George Stephanopoulos demanded that he answer whether the former president authorized the payment to the adult film star.

Stephanopoulos laid out three questions for the attorney to address, but Tacopina skipped the first two which caused the ABC host to call him out.

With the host pestering Tacopina to answer his question, the lawyer repeatedly ducked the question and then snapped, "It's not directly related!" and, when the host refused to let him off the hook, the attorney finally shot back, "Let's assume he did."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/combative-trump-attorney-refuses-to-answer-question-if-trump-authorized-stormy-daniels-payoff/ar-AA18yPYU

[Achilleaze]

1. Yes. If it's sleazy, one must assume the G.O.P. leader is guilty

Why do the republicans choose this hanky-panky skanky wanker to be their "moral exemplar" and the role model for their children?

[getagrip_already]

3. are you calling cliffords a skank?

That is beyond the pale if you are.

Just saying.

[Achilleaze]

5. Cliffords is not G.O.P. Leader

And this horse is not pale.

[republianmushroom]

6. like the posting

[getagrip_already]

8. she is not, but she is a pivate citizen who has done nothing wrong.....

That is a demeaning and male centric phrase (and yes, I am male). It is used for derision and is overtly puritanical.

Yes, she is a sex worker, but that doesn't mean she should be referred to as a skank. I'm not saying you violated a site rule; just a human one.

[Achilleaze]

12. You might want to consider reading more carefully

[getagrip_already]

14. the wording in your original ost was confusing...

I couldn't tell if you were calling tfg a skany wanker or that was he wanking a skank.

Apologies if it was the former.

[kairos12]

11. Now bleaching my eyeballs with AJAX.

[getagrip_already]

2. A lawyer is under no edict to disclose anything......

They are there to represent their client, not blab out things they don't want to disclose.

So while it's good drama for an opinion actor to ask, the lawyer isn't under any directive to respond.

Tfg decided to not appear before a grand jury, whch almost every lawyer would recommend. His lawyer doesn't have to make declarations of what he will say in court.

Why is that so controvertial?

[Thomas Hurt]

4. Then why didn't he say "due to ongoing litigation I am not able to respond"?

Taco was there as a propagandist not as an atty.

[getagrip_already]

10. that isn't his job....

It sounds like the beef is with the show for bringing him on when they knew how he was going to respond.

It's theater. Not news.

[C_U_L8R]

7. Because he decided to go on TV

If he didn't want to answer questions, he could have stayed at home.

[getagrip_already]

9. how would you want your lawyer to behave?

Just curious.

He was sent to go onto that show to represent tfg. Not to answer any question posed to him.

I'm not defending tfg, but really, your squawk is with the show, not the lawyer.

[C_U_L8R]

13. I'm not sure he helped his client

But yes, he’s free to use every tool he’s got to get his client off the hook. I’d hope my lawyer wasn’t out there digging me into a deeper ditch.

[getagrip_already]

15. true that.....

I certainly wouldn't want them saying anything I didn't have a chance to review first. And that would only be used if he was caught by a reporter off-guard; not walking into a reality-news show.