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mitty14u2

(1,015 posts)
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 10:59 PM Jun 2017

Trumps Legacy Worse than Nixon! Trump's personal lawyer hires attorney & Broke Ethics Rules



President Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, has hired his own attorney as the special counsel investigation into Russian election interference progresses, NBC News reported Friday.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/338139-trumps-personal-lawyer-hires-attorney-report
Trump Lawyer Broke Ethics Rules By Telling White House Staff Not To Hire Attorneys, Complaint Claims

Campaign for Accountability, a government ethics group, filed the complaint with the District of Columbia Court of Appeals' Office of Disciplinary Counsel in response to a story in Sunday’s New York Times that said Marc Kasowitz, who has represented Trump for 15 years, told presidential aides they did not yet need to hire lawyers in response to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.

http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/trump-lawyer-broke-ethics-rules-telling-white-house-staff-not-hire-attorneys

What a legacy, Worse than Nixon!




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Warpy

(111,250 posts)
1. The only people Orange Turd knows who don't want to kill him
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 11:01 PM
Jun 2017

besides immediate family are all mob contacts. Expecting ethics from any of them is a useless pursuit.

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
2. I am eatin his stuff up like candy, mitty!! What a frickin night!! I mean, is LOSER 45's
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 11:02 PM
Jun 2017

lawyer Kasowitz going to have to hire a lawyer now??

Hello...Craigslist?!



NCjack

(10,279 posts)
4. WH gunt staff: Tell your lawyer that you want to
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 11:14 PM
Jun 2017

examine the benefits of a deal with the prosecutor. Be on the right side of history, be a good guy, and reduce your legal bill.

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
6. No doubt there are a whole lot of dumbhead starfucker staff peeps who are just stupid, as
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 11:23 PM
Jun 2017

opposed to treasonous, eh? But where would these "little people" get the cash for a lawyer? Would a lot of them have to get a public defender?? There are only so many of those in any one city, right?

What a frickin disaster, every way possible, jack. OY

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
7. Family. Those are the folks who have to hire you a
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 11:44 PM
Jun 2017

lawyer when you make bad choices. That's where most folks learn that RW garbage, so only fair that they foot the bill.

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
8. Ohhh, a big 10-4, jack - "Hello, Daddy? Uhhhh, ummm, I hate to ask, but uhhh" - many
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 12:27 AM
Jun 2017

thanks for your reply!! My parents are long gone ( ) so "putting the touch on the folks" never occurred to me!! Thanks!

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,784 posts)
3. I have seen this movie before..............
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 11:06 PM
Jun 2017


and did not care for it much.

Is there anything else wrong the Trump BADministration can further do at this point?

RKP5637

(67,104 posts)
5. tRump is working hard to take this entire nation into chaos! It's part of his plan IMO, not by
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 11:14 PM
Jun 2017

chance.

burrowowl

(17,639 posts)
9. I'm gotta stock up on some popcorn
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 01:06 AM
Jun 2017

if this were a movie could you suspend your disbelief for this long.
Well the US has more lawyers than the whole world combined gotta keep them busy.

pnwmom

(108,977 posts)
10. The articles are about two different attorneys.
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 02:11 AM
Jun 2017

Cohen, DT's longtime personal attorney, has hired his own special counsel.

And Kasowitch -- who represented DT in the Trump University lawsuit and has been hired to come to the WH as his personal attorney there -- is the subject of the two legal complaints saying that he improperly gave legal advice to other WH employees.

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