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Initech

(99,909 posts)
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 05:03 PM Jun 2017

Trump's Lawyer Issues Memo Filled With Typos

Source: Vox

Marc Kasowitz is a longtime attorney for Donald Trump or, as he put it in a letter released today in response to former FBI Director James Comey’s Senate testimony, he’s Predisent Trump’s personal lawyer.

From that opening typo, the letter goes on to make a number of remarkable claims, including the assertion that Comey lied under oath about Trump’s demand of loyalty, the assertion that even though Trump did not make the loyalty demand “he is entitled to expect loyalty from those serving in an administration,” and the strange claim that executive privilege somehow prevents Comey from voluntarily discussing his conversations with Trump with the public.

But even more remarkably, the typo in the first line is not even the only typo in the letter. Kasowitz also misspells the name of Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats.

And there are weird extra periods scattered at the end of various paragraphs.



Read more: https://www.vox.com/2017/6/8/15763816/kasowitz-letter-typos-predisent



This is the president's personal lawyer, folks!

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Trump's Lawyer Issues Memo Filled With Typos (Original Post) Initech Jun 2017 OP
I know Marc Kasowitz professionally. RedSpartan Jun 2017 #1
so would you say barbtries Jun 2017 #5
Maybe you mean oldtime dfl_er Jun 2017 #41
why yes, barbtries Jun 2017 #43
. oldtime dfl_er Jun 2017 #44
With a lawyer who can't figure out how to use spell-check... flibbitygiblets Jun 2017 #6
I think if I were the Predsident forgotmylogin Jun 2017 #21
I guess it's safe to say you actually PAY people who work for you then? flibbitygiblets Jun 2017 #24
Did Trump's lawyer get his law degree from the law school at Trump University? Rollo Jun 2017 #30
How? Julian Englis Jun 2017 #49
Kind of. RedSpartan Jun 2017 #50
:-) CentralMass Jun 2017 #54
Seems almost as qualified as his "doctor." deurbano Jun 2017 #2
Dr. Oz, Dr. Mo, or Dr. Phil? Initech Jun 2017 #4
Don't forget.... Liberalagogo Jun 2017 #25
No seriously I can prescribe anything I want! Initech Jun 2017 #26
"I'm your doctor, and you're not!" Rollo Jun 2017 #31
Did you go to Hollywood Upstairs Medical College too? Initech Jun 2017 #38
he takes what he can get barbtries Jun 2017 #3
Stupid is as stupid does. MontanaMama Jun 2017 #7
It's already started... Trump is apparently planning to sell off our National Monuments... Rollo Jun 2017 #32
Yep. MontanaMama Jun 2017 #45
Incompetence seems to be a prerequisite with everything connected to Trump. nt procon Jun 2017 #8
Te Covfefe - it burns jpak Jun 2017 #9
... Kali Jun 2017 #34
Those aren't typos; it's alt-spelleeng. nt Xipe Totec Jun 2017 #10
Don't pay attention to what the letters are spelling... forgotmylogin Jun 2017 #22
Those fake English teachers with their big words and punctuation... Initech Jun 2017 #37
Mr. Trump does not care, nor do his followers. mahannah Jun 2017 #11
For Trump, ability to shamelessly suck up to him is paramount. HopeAgain Jun 2017 #12
Nit surprised. Trump is a con man and fraud and he livetohike Jun 2017 #13
misdirection... dinq_92882 Jun 2017 #14
He must have been drinking StarryNite Jun 2017 #15
He had to rush it, he heard an ambulance siren outside his office window.... George II Jun 2017 #16
Sign of a third rate attorney/law firm for sure. Glimmer of Hope Jun 2017 #17
Even Saul Goodman has more integrity than that! Initech Jun 2017 #18
For sure! Glimmer of Hope Jun 2017 #19
Wow kids Corgigal Jun 2017 #20
Seems like his personal hires..... dawnie51 Jun 2017 #23
It's hard to find good help keithbvadu2 Jun 2017 #27
OMG....both have TERRIBLE pictures of Dump. Especially that first one.... onecent Jun 2017 #40
I'm sure there wasn't one typo in the whole thing DFW Jun 2017 #28
It was one typo, used many times. Initech Jun 2017 #29
Maybe we should rename "typo" to "trumpo"....? Rollo Jun 2017 #33
I like it! Initech Jun 2017 #35
Republicanese - Is our children learning? keithbvadu2 Jun 2017 #48
See? It is an older language than many realize n/t DFW Jun 2017 #55
"They can't impeach the president if he's a predisent and not a president" dalton99a Jun 2017 #36
Idiot CountAllVotes Jun 2017 #39
He only hires great people. The best people. BumRushDaShow Jun 2017 #42
And yet MontanaMama Jun 2017 #46
Did he go to the same school nwduke Jun 2017 #47
trup wrote the statement, it has trump misspellings as proof. Thinkingabout Jun 2017 #51
give him a break bora13 Jun 2017 #52
Wow. that has exactly the kind of dumb typos PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #53
Or if we had an actual law firm Sgent Jun 2017 #56
Kasowitz was high as a kite when he wrote that letter. Nitram Jun 2017 #57
MAGA: Make America Grammatically Aghast. Scurrilous Jun 2017 #58

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
6. With a lawyer who can't figure out how to use spell-check...
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 05:09 PM
Jun 2017

...well I guess he'll fit right in on Team Drumph

forgotmylogin

(7,496 posts)
21. I think if I were the Predsident
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 06:08 PM
Jun 2017

I would fire a lawyer who misspelled the word "President" and sent it out.

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
24. I guess it's safe to say you actually PAY people who work for you then?
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 06:19 PM
Jun 2017

Drumph doesn't have the luxury of being choosy right now when it comes to selecting counsel. Not to mention, who wants to represent someone who constantly puts himself in legal jeopardy by stupidly boasting about his crimes to the whole world at 4am on the toilet?


Borrowing from "Hustle & Flow":

"It's hard out here for a Chimp...
...to hire counsel
when the others all got stiffed"

Rollo

(2,559 posts)
30. Did Trump's lawyer get his law degree from the law school at Trump University?
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 06:50 PM
Jun 2017

It's the same institution of higher education where Trump's personal physician got his medical degree...

barbtries

(28,702 posts)
3. he takes what he can get
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 05:07 PM
Jun 2017

sub par professionals who don't mind being told what to do by their patient/client

decent professionals are refusing to represent him i hear

Rollo

(2,559 posts)
32. It's already started... Trump is apparently planning to sell off our National Monuments...
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 06:52 PM
Jun 2017

...to whichever of his crime syndicate cronies wants them...

Initech

(99,909 posts)
37. Those fake English teachers with their big words and punctuation...
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 07:06 PM
Jun 2017

They don't understand what a genius business man, I, Donald Trump am! Only I can make America great again, ok!!!!

HopeAgain

(4,407 posts)
12. For Trump, ability to shamelessly suck up to him is paramount.
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 05:19 PM
Jun 2017

Things like competence, professionalism and intelligence are not on his radar.

 

dinq_92882

(14 posts)
14. misdirection...
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 05:24 PM
Jun 2017

early on, it seems the trump team, like magicians, has used the art of misdirection to turn attention away from things they'd rather not talk about. i believe this is an example that especially feeds into his base support. trying to make themselves look more human, the comm team brings up these little things to present those mentioning them as being anal and concentrating on the minutiate instead of important facts, even though they both go hand in hand...

George II

(67,782 posts)
16. He had to rush it, he heard an ambulance siren outside his office window....
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 05:32 PM
Jun 2017

....and he wanted to be the first lawyer to get to the scene.

Glimmer of Hope

(5,823 posts)
19. For sure!
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 05:45 PM
Jun 2017

As a former paralegal I would be horrified if an attorney I worked for released this letter for the world to see!

dawnie51

(959 posts)
23. Seems like his personal hires.....
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 06:09 PM
Jun 2017

like the good doctor and now this guy, are charlatans and just barely able to claim the status of physician or attorney. Maybe they work for him for free, just so they can bask in his wonderfulness. You know he hates to pay people. And in these cases, he's getting what he paid for

onecent

(6,096 posts)
40. OMG....both have TERRIBLE pictures of Dump. Especially that first one....
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 07:32 PM
Jun 2017

Can't hide what's there...that's for sure.

DFW

(54,047 posts)
28. I'm sure there wasn't one typo in the whole thing
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 06:43 PM
Jun 2017

He was just writing in Republicanese.

It has many similarities to English but has many differences as well.

In Republicanese, no spelling is standard. Your and You're are interchangeable as are lose and loose, as well as there, their and they're. Plurals are randomly formed with an apostrophe ("The Clinton's are speaking to the Democrat's again&quot . etc. etc.

Before you accuse someone of writing bad English make sure they ARE writing in English and not in Republicanese.

CountAllVotes

(20,854 posts)
39. Idiot
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 07:30 PM
Jun 2017

This idiot of a lawyer doesn't know how to write it seems which is indicative of his overall abilities IMO.

Idiot lawyers represent idiots!



BumRushDaShow

(127,254 posts)
42. He only hires great people. The best people.
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 07:36 PM
Jun 2017

Only great great best best loyal loyal people work for him. Bigly. Covfefe.

bora13

(860 posts)
52. give him a break
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 10:23 PM
Jun 2017

t-rump likes the un-educated a lot.
and he has the best people anyhow so there yah go....

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,746 posts)
53. Wow. that has exactly the kind of dumb typos
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 10:24 PM
Jun 2017

that pop up when you quickly type something and don't bother to read it over at all.

We all make dumb typos. Plenty of them show up here, for instance. And I'm sure most of them are because we type up a response and hit "Post my reply" without giving it a second look. Happens to me. Happens to all of us. But nothing here rises to the level of a letter released in response to someone's Senate testimony. I'm pretty sure all of us would have bothered to proofread such a missive.

Sgent

(5,857 posts)
56. Or if we had an actual law firm
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 04:41 AM
Jun 2017

instead of one crank running around by themselves, there would have been 2-5 people who approved it before going out.

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