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Leghorn21

(13,527 posts)
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 08:00 PM Feb 2020

Roger Stone enlists former mob-lawyer for help

JUST IN: Roger Stone enlists former mob-lawyer for help with upcoming sentencing




With his sentencing fast approaching, Roger Stone is bolstering his defense team with a veteran criminal defense attorney whose past roster of clients included John Gotti Jr. and other high-profile figures allegedly involved in organized crime.

New York attorney Seth Ginsberg has an extensive background in criminal defense work. In a filing this week, Judge Amy Berman Jackson granted Stone's request to bring Ginsberg onto his team.

"Roger has an excellent team of attorneys and I'm very pleased he's asked me to assist them," Ginsberg told ABC News on Thursday. Ginsberg added that he was brought on to help Stone's legal team with their sentencing strategy.
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Roger Stone enlists former mob-lawyer for help (Original Post) Leghorn21 Feb 2020 OP
Why does he need a mob lawyer, when the mob BOSS is already on his side? jls4561 Feb 2020 #1
Yeah. Cheeto must have recommended him. sandensea Feb 2020 #2

sandensea

(21,677 posts)
2. Yeah. Cheeto must have recommended him.
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 10:14 PM
Feb 2020

And why not? Trump's own lawyer in the early '80s, as you know, was the notorious Roy Cohn - of whom being a 'mob lawyer' was about the nicest thing you could say.

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