Trump lawyers ask Justice Dept. not to charge Trump in classified docs case

[dalton99a]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/05/trump-lawyers-meeting-justice-doj/
https://archive.ph/52IyX

Trump lawyers ask Justice Dept. not to charge Trump in classified docs case
High-stakes meeting with special counsel Jack Smith focused on Trump’s conduct after leaving office and possible obstruction
By Jacqueline Alemany, Spencer S. Hsu, Perry Stein, Devlin Barrett and Josh Dawsey
Updated June 5, 2023 at 2:16 p.m. EDT | Published June 5, 2023 at 10:34 a.m. EDT

Attorneys for Donald Trump went to the Justice Department on Monday morning to make their case that the government should not charge the former president in connection with his possession of classified documents after leaving office, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Trump lawyers at the meeting were Lindsey Halligan, John Rowley and James Trusty, according to people familiar with the matter, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a closed-door proceeding. All three lawyers left the Justice Department just before noon, without speaking to reporters. The Justice Department personnel at the meeting included special counsel Jack Smith, but not Attorney General Merrick Garland or Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, these people said.

A reporter for CBS News first spotted the Trump lawyers walking into the building.

In late May, Rowley and Trusty sent a letter to Garland asking for a meeting to discuss what they call the unfair treatment of Trump by Smith, who is leading the probe. They and Halligan — along with Timothy Parlatore, an attorney who has since left Trump’s legal team — sent a much more detailed letter to members of Congress in late April saying the classified-documents case should be investigated administratively, not as a criminal matter.

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[Ocelot II]

1. "Oh, please, please, don't indict our client; he'll be so mad and he'll yell at us!"

[bif]

2. "And he might not pay us!

[calguy]

3. Yeah, and.. and... he won't pay us. We have families to feed.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. Wouldn't Every Defense Lawyer Ever...

...do this in every case if they actually thought it would work?

[Ocelot II]

5. It's common for defense lawyers to meet with prosecutors if it appears

that an indictment may be imminent, to discuss what might happen next, e.g., timing and venue, as well as the status of possible codefendants. Asking for the charges to be dropped is likely to be laughably fruitless but other negotiations, including possible plea deals, can begin.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Got It, Thanks

Does that happen before an indictment, or a pretrial occurrence?
Also, is it common for someone to have a defense team before they're ever indicted?

[Shermann]

9. So the lawyers are at the Justice Dept with knees bent, hat in hand.

Meanwhile Trump is counter-messaging about a witch-hunt and selective prosecution.

Nice.

[NYC Liberal]

21. This is why he's scraping the bottom of the barrel for lawyers.

[RockRaven]

7. They what?

[onecaliberal]

8. Biden did not PURPOSELY take documents or show them to a hostile foreign country.

Take your piss soaked wig and fuck off the end of the earth.

[bpj62]

12. Whoa

What did the poster write that elicited that response from you. Not judging at all just wondering.

[usedtobedemgurl]

14. Read the tweet tfg wrote. OP included it in their post. nt

[bpj62]

15. Got it

I thought you were responding to someone who had created a post. I feel the same way every time Trump posts one of his stupid rants.

[onecaliberal]

19. Talking about trump.

[bucolic_frolic]

10. '. . . but it's such a WITCH HUNT you pinko, commie, hack anti-Trump lawyers!!!'

'you can't prosecute our boss! He'll fire us!'

[Buns_of_Fire]

11. IF he had taken them by accident... And IF he had just said

"my mistake, come pick 'em up"... Odds are there wouldn't be an issue, like there wasn't with President Biden and Mike Pence.

But no. He's spent two years acting like a four-year-old, thumbing his nose at everyone, ignoring polite requests for their return, and screaming "THEY'RE MINE! THEY'RE MINE! ALL MINE! AND YOU CAN'T HAVE THEM!"

The folks on the other end of the conversation are perfectly justified in raising an eyebrow and calmly saying, "Oh, really? We'll see about that."

[FakeNoose]

13. +1000 Exactly right

Every time Chump opens his mouth he incriminates himself.

Come on Karma, do your stuff!

[MerryBlooms]

17. 😂😂😂 omg, this cat momma loves this meme!

[louis-t]

16. HE STOLE. TOP SECRET. CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS.

AND REFUSED TO GIVE THEM BACK. AND LIED ABOUT HAVING THEM. HE SHOWED THEM TO PEOPLE TO TRY AND IMPRESS THEM. AND VERY POSSIBLY SOLD SOME OF THEM.

[Chainfire]

18. Oh, please, please, please. Pretty please with sugar on it.

Oh well Donnie, you won't be the first "innocent" man to ever go to prison. In fact, if you survey inmates, 96% of them will be innocent. Lock him up!

[UTUSN]

20. K&R