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Kablooie

(18,641 posts)
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 02:10 AM Feb 2017

Does anyone know who Trump's lawyers are?

I'm wondering if they are government lawyers that have worked for other presidents or are they Trump's personal lawyers?

If they are Trump lawyers they know who they are dealing with but probably have little experience with government matters.

If they are gov lawyers I can't imagine them working as hard as usual on an insane case that they know stems from ignorance, bigotry and paranoia instead of a sober consideration of security risks.

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Does anyone know who Trump's lawyers are? (Original Post) Kablooie Feb 2017 OP
Trying to keep silly boy out of trouble I hope... pbmus Feb 2017 #1
Q: Why Don't Sharks Eat Lawyers? Grassy Knoll Feb 2017 #2
He has several: some who knew him personally, and some brought in b/c they are GOP dirty tricksters tenorly Feb 2017 #3
Here you go Samantha Feb 2017 #4
Dewey, Screwem & Howe n/t Motown_Johnny Feb 2017 #5
Didn't they work for Click and Clack on NPR? Kablooie Feb 2017 #6
Dunno, but he'd be better off with this guy True Dough Feb 2017 #7

Grassy Knoll

(10,118 posts)
2. Q: Why Don't Sharks Eat Lawyers?
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 02:23 AM
Feb 2017

A: Professional Courtesy.

Q: Why Don't Sharks Eat Clowns?

A: They Taste Funny.

Don't Forget to tip your wait staff.

tenorly

(2,037 posts)
3. He has several: some who knew him personally, and some brought in b/c they are GOP dirty tricksters
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 02:27 AM
Feb 2017

There's David Friedman of course, who it's said has helped Trump out of a number of sticky situations stemming from his notoriously unethical business practices, and who's now the (extremist) Ambassador to Israel.

He has another one of his personal attorneys, Mike Cohen, apparently going around harassing journalists.

Then you also have Don McGahn, an elections lawyer known for his vote-suppression efforts, as his White House Counsel.

Those three are probably the best-known; but I'm sure there's a small army of them both in his personal orbit as well as in the White House - and some no doubt hop from one orbit to the other far more gingerly than conflict-of-interest laws allow for a president (this is Trump we're talking about after all).

All the king's horses, and all the king's men...

Samantha

(9,314 posts)
4. Here you go
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 02:30 AM
Feb 2017
http://heavy.com/news/2017/01/sheri-dillon-donald-trump-attorney-tax-lawyer-returns-press-conference/

I had heard Trump had chosen Morgan, Lewis as his Washington attorney but had seen nothing to that effect since the news broke. So I just checked it out and found the very informational article linked above and quoted below. Please note in particular that last paragraph in this post.

President-elect Donald Trump held his first press conference in six months this morning, and Trump’s attorney, Sheri Dillon, spoke for several minutes about his business.

Dillon said that Trump will be handing over control of his organization to his adult children. However, he will not be putting the organization into a blind trust, and Dillon said doing so would not be feasible.

“The conflicts of interests laws simply do not apply to the president or the vice president,” Dillon added.


Earlier in this article, I found a very interesting paragraph:

In May 2016, this law firm was named Russia Law Firm of the Year by Chambers & Partners. Morgan Lewis has an office in Moscow.


Sam
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