Trump Lawyering Up?

[bigtree]

Caroline O.? @RVAwonk 14m14 minutes ago
Spicer: Trump has hired a DC law firm to send a letter to Sen. Graham stating that he has no ties to Russia.

...sooo Trump lawyered up?

Link to tweet

[Freethinker65]

1. A letter? Like the one about his health from his private physician? Hahaha

[bigtree]

3. Dear Intelligence Committee...

[Freethinker65]

5. +1 (made me laugh)

[Sparkly]

10. Ha!!

[L. Coyote]

11. White House counsel's office is staffing up team of lawyers, with 26 total so far

That was back in March!

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/white_house_counsels_office_is_staffing_up_team_of_lawyers_with_26_total_so

[Bernardo de La Paz]

29. I wonder how that compares with past administrations. But it follows tRump's pattern

... Do whatever the hell you want and then if anyone sues, tie it up in endless litigation.

He and his team have no need for ethics monitoring and explicitly rejected ethics training when they came in.

[L. Coyote]

32. More than before, even more than during Yuuuge scandals.

[hibbing]

30. Beautiful. .haha n/t

[NBachers]

31. I got a good chuckle out of that.

[marybourg]

2. Is the letter in the form of an affidavit,

under oath? No? Then it's worth sh*t.

[Sculpin Beauregard]

4. It's a stunt. Graham hopefully will challenge it.

If he doesn't, well, I guess I got my hopes up for nothing. Just another corrupt GOP. I guess we'll see.

[oasis]

6. How 'bout we see those taxes and clear the whole thing up?

[malaise]

22. That simple

+1,000

[samnsara]

7. like his Dr?

[L. Coyote]

8. We are interested in the connections he has, not the ones he doesn't have.

So, his loans come from a bank in Cyprus that launders money for the Russain mob. No ties to Russia there!

Let's see the tax returns.

[Sparkly]

9. I thought I heard NY lawyer...

... with all the credibility of his doctor's letter, no doubt.

[sheshe2]

18. This dude was available,,,

[Wounded Bear]

12. From the firm of Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe?

[MineralMan]

13. Who's he gonna get. I heard that he had stiffed most of

the law firms in New York. Maybe he'll try in New Jersey.

[BarbaRosa]

15. Message deleted by DU the Administrators

[yallerdawg]

16. I've heard this before...

[Docreed2003]

28. Perfect!!

[Thomas Hurt]

17. yeah man, FF45 doesn't have any ties...

Manafort, Page, Carter, Flynn were all just.....like.....stray dogs.

They just all showed up to FF45's campaign, someone fed them and they all just stuck around.

What are going to do, when 4 guys with connections to Russia want to work for you......

[sinkingfeeling]

19. Prove it then. Let's see your tax returns and business loan records.

[DefenseLawyer]

20. Busy day for me.

I'm busy sending out certified letters to prosecutors in all my cases to let them know my clients did nothing wrong. Turns out I've been doing it wrong for 25 years. My bad.

[TheBlackAdder]

23. See, everyday we all learn something new. Who knew his attorney would say he's innocent?

[TheBlackAdder]

21. A letter from a lawyer doesn't mean jack, unless Trump agrees to wave attorney-client privilege!

[bucolic_frolic]

24. Stonewall, obfuscate, distract

and hope it blows over, that public opinion will grow weary
and focus on something else like health care or tax reform

Ain't gonna happen. This will not disappear.

[2naSalit]

25. More evidence for the pile....nt

[Tanuki]

26. Would this be the same lawyer who showed up on the scene with a letter

attesting to Melania's past compliance with immigration laws, in lieu of the Melania press conference Donald had previously promised? From what I've seen so far, I don't find the letters from Donald's doctors and lawyers especially convincing.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

27. The letter is probably weasel-worded. No ties to Russia but lots to Russian oligarchs and

... and through the oligarchs and others to Putin.

Many are large (ex. 1920 x 1076) so you can "View Image" to read fine text. I can find more, but this will do to get you started.

[smirkymonkey]

33. K&R and Bookmarked!

Thanks for the charts!