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applegrove

(118,696 posts) Tue Jun 6, 2017, 07:38 PM Jun 2017

Four Top Law Firms Rebuffed Trump

https://politicalwire.com/2017/06/06/four-top-law-firms-rebuffed-trump/

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“Top lawyers with at least four major law firms rebuffed White House overtures to represent President Trump in the Russia investigations, in part over concerns that the president would be unwilling to listen to their advice,” Yahoo News reports.

“The unwillingness of some of the country’s most prestigious attorneys and their law firms to represent Trump has complicated the administration’s efforts to mount a coherent defense strategy to deal with probes being conducted by four congressional committees as well as Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller.”

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Four Top Law Firms Rebuffed Trump (Original Post) applegrove Jun 2017 OP

Get thee to the greatest page malaise Jun 2017 #1

Representing criminals is common for attorneys, that isnt the problem. Eliot Rosewater Jun 2017 #2

According to RM its cause Trump Doesn't pay up, 2 firms had to sue him for payment !!! YCHDT Jun 2017 #7

If they were to advise him to shut the hell up, he couldn't do it. Impossible. n/t phylny Jun 2017 #3

watch out - he's got a call in to "Jackie Chiles"! n/m bagelsforbreakfast Jun 2017 #4

This The Hill article names the firms... TheOther95Percent Jun 2017 #5

LOL !! He doesn't pay up and His name is shit !!! The firm would have to get money upfront !! YCHDT Jun 2017 #6

malaise

(269,054 posts)

1. Get thee to the greatest page

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jun 6, 2017, 07:40 PM

Jun 2017

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahahha at the Reality Loser

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)

2. Representing criminals is common for attorneys, that isnt the problem.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jun 6, 2017, 07:41 PM

Jun 2017

The problem is to defend a criminal that you know is a criminal, you have to rely on them telling you the truth in general.

They can lie to you about committing the crime itself but you have to be able to trust them in general, if that makes sense?

So no, there is no way any decent attorney could help him, they know he will never tell them the truth and that simply wont work.

YCHDT

(962 posts)

7. According to RM its cause Trump Doesn't pay up, 2 firms had to sue him for payment !!!

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 6, 2017, 09:32 PM

Jun 2017

phylny

(8,380 posts)

3. If they were to advise him to shut the hell up, he couldn't do it. Impossible. n/t

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jun 6, 2017, 07:43 PM

Jun 2017

bagelsforbreakfast

(1,427 posts)

4. watch out - he's got a call in to "Jackie Chiles"! n/m

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jun 6, 2017, 07:47 PM

Jun 2017

TheOther95Percent

(1,035 posts)

5. This The Hill article names the firms...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jun 6, 2017, 09:11 PM

Jun 2017

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/336489-four-top-law-firms-turned-down-trump-report

Brendan Sullivan of Williams & Connolly, Ted Olson of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Paul Clement and Mark Filip of Kirkland & Ellis and Robert Giuffra of Sullivan & Cromwell are reportedly among those who turned the White House down...

But those lawyers reportedly said they were concerned Trump would make public statements against their legal advice that hurt his position in the investigation.

“The concerns were, ‘The guy won’t pay and he won’t listen,’ ” one lawyer close to the White House told Yahoo.

YCHDT

(962 posts)

6. LOL !! He doesn't pay up and His name is shit !!! The firm would have to get money upfront !!

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jun 6, 2017, 09:31 PM

Jun 2017

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