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marmar

(77,092 posts)
Tue May 30, 2023, 09:28 AM May 2023

"It's crazy in there": Knives out on Trump's legal team over worries one of them could be a "snitch"


(Salon) Former President Donald Trump's lawyers are "starting to turn on each other" over growing concerns that one of them could be a "snitch," according to The Daily Beast.

Five sources with direct knowledge of the situation told the outlet that clashing personalities and the threat that they could face legal jeopardy themselves has "sown deep divisions that have only worsened in recent months." Attorney Tim Parlatore left the team earlier this month after throwing another member of Trump's team, Boris Ephsteyn, under the bus — but sources told the outlet his departure may only be the beginning.

"There's a lot of lawyers and a lot of jealousy," a member of Trump's legal team told The Daily Beast, adding that the number of lawyers representing a single client accused of so many crimes is unprecedented.

As special counsel Jack Smith's team targets multiple Trump attorneys in his investigations, Trump's lawyers "seem to be questioning whether their colleagues may actually turn into snitches," the report added.

Smith's team successfully pierced attorney-client privilege claims invoked by Trump attorney Evan Corcoran after arguing that the former president may have used his services to further a crime. Prosecutors interviewed Corcoran before a grand jury about topics he previously refused to discuss and obtained his notes about discussions with the former president. ...............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2023/05/30/its-crazy-in-there-knives-out-on-trumps-legal-team-over-worries-one-of-them-could-be-a-snitch/




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"It's crazy in there": Knives out on Trump's legal team over worries one of them could be a "snitch" (Original Post) marmar May 2023 OP
Disarray?....................... Lovie777 May 2023 #1
Cracks in the legal walls are showing. ProudMNDemocrat May 2023 #2
Putting in my popcorn order now. Any special requests? niyad May 2023 #3
Lightly salted, butter in the middle and on top. marmar May 2023 #5
Coming right up! niyad May 2023 #10
Cheese popcorn, please! yardwork May 2023 #7
Sharp or mild cheese? niyad May 2023 #9
Oh, sharp! yardwork May 2023 #11
Excellent! niyad May 2023 #14
And a side order of adult beverages, please. C_U_L8R May 2023 #21
But of course! I would not let you all down! niyad May 2023 #23
With cheddar cheese, black pepper, and loads of Schadenfreude Wild blueberry May 2023 #34
ahhh, perfect combination! niyad May 2023 #42
Normally a criminal like Trump is taken down after the first serious crime or two. You don't let brewens May 2023 #4
That makes me want to rewatch The Death of Stalin. tanyev May 2023 #6
I enjoyed the heck out of that film EYESORE 9001 May 2023 #16
I thought Jason Isaacs stole every scene he was in. tanyev May 2023 #18
... EYESORE 9001 May 2023 #19
jealousy? agingdem May 2023 #8
I wondered about the jealousy comment too. Irish_Dem May 2023 #17
The rats on the Titanic lpbk2713 May 2023 #12
Fine with me, too. calimary May 2023 #39
trump is their biggest snitch. He can't keep his fat mouth shut... Wounded Bear May 2023 #13
Let me define "snitch" in this context. Takket May 2023 #15
It would be H2O Man May 2023 #20
Hey, mister "Grab them by the Pushkin" --- save these lawyers a lot of trouble. usonian May 2023 #22
The money quote in that article: waddirum May 2023 #24
You know who doesn't have to worry about his lawyers snitching him out? gratuitous May 2023 #25
Exactly. A snitch is not dangerous if he has nothing to snitch about. Midnight Writer May 2023 #41
They probably figured out that Epshteyn was working with Putin? kentuck May 2023 #26
This is not surprising. Collimator May 2023 #27
If Trump defames a lawyer, maybe the lawyer can sue Tetrachloride May 2023 #28
We have a snitch. Marcuse May 2023 #29
This part from the OP article is rich... BumRushDaShow May 2023 #30
Their real problem is that they can't say no to a malignant narcissist Warpy May 2023 #32
I expect that hundreds of law firms and/or private attorneys REFUSED to take any of his cases BumRushDaShow May 2023 #35
That's A Shame! ProfessorGAC May 2023 #31
"...a single client accused of so many crimes is unprecedented." Grins May 2023 #33
My only question is: how did it take this long? lindysalsagal May 2023 #36
Rat! Fight! Rat! Fight! Rat! Fight! Kennah May 2023 #37
The idea of a virgin snitch who hasn't been blabbing and blabbed about Hortensis May 2023 #38
Go ahead! Turn on each other like the rats you are! FelineOverlord May 2023 #40
Hopefully NowISeetheLight May 2023 #43

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,807 posts)
2. Cracks in the legal walls are showing.
Tue May 30, 2023, 09:31 AM
May 2023

With SC Jack Smith tightening the screws on TIFG and his legal team, it is now a matter of time when all the rats jump ship to save their own skins; lest they be charged as complicit accomplices in a conspiracy.

brewens

(13,624 posts)
4. Normally a criminal like Trump is taken down after the first serious crime or two. You don't let
Tue May 30, 2023, 09:35 AM
May 2023

them keep operating for years. Now so much shit is stacked up, how you build a good defense. I'd say get as much money as you can out of him and blow the whistle!

agingdem

(7,862 posts)
8. jealousy?
Tue May 30, 2023, 09:43 AM
May 2023

jealousy because a couple of Trump's third tier park bench lawyers had the balls to bail..or jealousy because they aren't Trump's "favorite"?...

Wounded Bear

(58,726 posts)
13. trump is their biggest snitch. He can't keep his fat mouth shut...
Tue May 30, 2023, 09:48 AM
May 2023

or his fat fingers off the phone screen.

Takket

(21,635 posts)
15. Let me define "snitch" in this context.
Tue May 30, 2023, 09:51 AM
May 2023

A snitch is a lawyer that (whoops!) actually has ethical standards and is not willing to cover up drumpf’s crimes for him.

It’s almost like making a legal team out of unethical, fame hungry lawyers who are willing to commit crimes for drumpf so they can have a bit of the MAGA Apple is a BAD idea.

H2O Man

(73,626 posts)
20. It would be
Tue May 30, 2023, 10:16 AM
May 2023

a lawyer who has been informed that they are in legal jeapardy due to past actions with the defendent that are considered criminal. It would be unethical for a lawyer to be an informant under other circumstances regarding the defendent's past crimes.

usonian

(9,908 posts)
22. Hey, mister "Grab them by the Pushkin" --- save these lawyers a lot of trouble.
Tue May 30, 2023, 10:40 AM
May 2023

Just Andropov,
You're the worst Zherkov ever.

waddirum

(979 posts)
24. The money quote in that article:
Tue May 30, 2023, 11:05 AM
May 2023

"Boris pissed off all the Florida lawyers. People are dropping like flies. Everybody hates him. He's a toxic loser. He's a complete psycho," a source told The Daily Beast. "He's got daddy issues, and Trump is his daddy."

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
25. You know who doesn't have to worry about his lawyers snitching him out?
Tue May 30, 2023, 11:08 AM
May 2023

Yeah, every honest and ethical politician. You know, the boring ones who just get shit done.

kentuck

(111,110 posts)
26. They probably figured out that Epshteyn was working with Putin?
Tue May 30, 2023, 11:20 AM
May 2023

And he is the top dog in Trump's circle of lawyers.

Collimator

(1,639 posts)
27. This is not surprising.
Tue May 30, 2023, 11:40 AM
May 2023

Given the low state of Trump's character, as well as his mediocre abilities, the people that he draws to himself would naturally reflect the same poor standards.

BumRushDaShow

(129,603 posts)
30. This part from the OP article is rich...
Tue May 30, 2023, 12:08 PM
May 2023
Members of the team worry they could be pressured to become witnesses against Trump and that their work on his defense could be radioactive to their careers.


Ya think??????

Warpy

(111,361 posts)
32. Their real problem is that they can't say no to a malignant narcissist
Tue May 30, 2023, 12:16 PM
May 2023

who thinks he's qualified to write his own briefs. It's obvious that no one who stayed awake in law school and did his or her own work could possibly come up with the wording or the silly ideas behind it, it's all TFG.

And that is why it will be radioactive to their careers. He won't listen. He won't take advice. He thinks he is more qualified than they are. It all adds up to a legal team that comes off as both incompetent and delusional because that's what he is.

BumRushDaShow

(129,603 posts)
35. I expect that hundreds of law firms and/or private attorneys REFUSED to take any of his cases
Tue May 30, 2023, 12:59 PM
May 2023

so those who did, did so arrogantly and knowing full well what they were getting themselves into. This is why I am still SMDH at someone like Bruce Castor, who was once a GOP County Commissioner and the D.A. for Montgomery County, PA (a rim county to Philly and 3rd largest in terms of population, in the state), and even served as a Solicitor General under, and eventually temp Attorney General for PA for the elected (D) AG at the time Kathleen Kane (who later had to resign and served time in prison).

Castor was one of the lawyers during the 2nd impeachment -




First Deputy Attorney General Bruce L. Castor Jr. holds a news conference in Harrisburg the day after the conviction of state Attorney General Kathleen Kane on felony perjury and various misdemeanor charges, Tuesday, August 16, 2016. Castor will be sworn in as acting Attorney General to replace Kathleen Kane tomorrow. Dan Gleiter, PennLive.com

and his cousin, Steve, who was a GOP staffer for the House Oversight Committee under Issa, had worked during the 1st impeachment after Democrats took over the House (and Committee).


Stephen R. Castor, right, and then-House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) during a committee meeting on whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress in 2012. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)


Pictured at left is GOP counsel Steve Castor and at right is Democrats' counsel Daniel Goldman.


I think some of them might fancy themselves becoming a famed mob lawyer in the future like a Roy Cohn.

Grins

(7,238 posts)
33. "...a single client accused of so many crimes is unprecedented."
Tue May 30, 2023, 12:20 PM
May 2023

Well, whaddaya know…?

Maybe he is “the best” at something after all!

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
38. The idea of a virgin snitch who hasn't been blabbing and blabbed about
Tue May 30, 2023, 01:42 PM
May 2023

all along is rich, all right. If they were trustworthy and not "incredibly stupid," they wouldn't be there. Leaking, snitching, backstabbing have pretty much always been SOP for tRump's inners as they fight each other for position and survival.

I'm with those who assume their asses are already grass, even as they all hope desperately that they still have a secret worth trading.

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