Mainecat Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 George Conway: Why Trump had to hire this legal odd couple. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/19/george-conway-oped-trump-starr-dershowitz/ By George T. Conway III Jan. 19, 2020 at 12:52 p.m. EST This is what happens when you don’t pay your legal bills. President Trump, whose businesses and now campaign have left a long trail of unpaid bills behind them, has never discriminated when it comes to stiffing people who work for him. That includes lawyers — which is part of the reason he found the need to make some curious last-minute tweaks to his team, announcing the addition of the legal odd couple of Alan Dershowitz and Kenneth W. Starr. The president has consistently encountered difficulty in hiring good lawyers to defend him. In 2017, after Robert S. Mueller III became special counsel, Trump couldn’t find a high-end law firm that would take him as a client. His reputation for nonpayment preceded him: One major Manhattan firm I know had once been forced to eat bills for millions in bond work it once did for Trump. No doubt other members of the legal community knew of other examples. Of course, being cheap wasn’t the only reason Trump struck out among the nation’s legal elite. There was the fact that he would be an erratic client who’d never take reasonable direction — direction as in shut up and stop tweeting. Firms also understood that taking on Trump would kill their recruiting efforts: Top law students of varying political stripes who might be willing, even eager, to join a firm that provides pro bono representation to murderers on death row, want nothing to do with Trump. That left Trump to be personally defended in the Mueller investigation by a random patchwork of counsel, including Jay Sekulow, a lawyer specializing in religious liberty cases, and John Dowd, a Washington solo practitioner who, according to Bob Woodward, viewed Trump as a “f---ing liar.” (Dowd denies that.) Last but not least, Trump had the assistance of Rudolph W. Giuliani — who has done more than anyone other than Trump himself to get Trump impeached. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Platinum Contributing Member ViperGTS/Z1 Posted January 19, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) Im sure many law firms were afraid of getting stiffed by the POTUS Schiff/Nadler vs Dershowitz/ Starr Hmmm.....I think I Know who my money is on. Edited January 19, 2020 by ViperGTS/Z1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Stephen Hawking Posted January 19, 2020 Gold Member Share Posted January 19, 2020 Another opinion piece, how predictable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mxz800 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 poor MC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 Trump never pays his bills. MAGA say the cult. Pitiful Americans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 11 minutes ago, Mainecat said: Trump never pays his bills. MAGA say the cult. Pitiful Americans Says the tax dodger..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted January 19, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Mainecat said: Trump never pays his bills. MAGA say the cult. Pitiful Americans You’re pitiful in your own way too old fart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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