The former president said in a Truth Social post that James Trusty and John Rowley will no longer represent him in the documents case. They called it “an honor” to represent him. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/09/us/politics/trump-lawyers-trusty-rowley.html _________________________________ It was an honor to represent Trump...but they're not fans of lost causes. James Trusty and John Rowley leave a sinking ship - three weeks after Tim Parlatore - whose captain is totally out of control. When your lawyers abandon you, it may be because your case is hopeless. Thoughts ?
Two of former President Donald J. Trump’s lawyers who had been engaging directly with the Justice Department have left his team, according to a social media post by Mr. Trump and a statement from the lawyers. The lawyers, James Trusty and John Rowley, left Mr. Trump’s legal team a day after he was indicted on seven federal counts related to his handling of government documents at his Florida home and resort, Mar-a-Lago. “For purposes of fighting the Greatest Witch Hunt of all time, now moving to the Florida Courts, I will be represented by Todd Blanche, Esq., and a firm to be named later,” Mr. Trump wrote in the post. “I want to thank Jim Trusty and John Rowley for their work, but they were up against a very dishonest, corrupt, evil, and “sick” group of people, the likes of which has not been seen before. We will be announcing additional lawyers in the coming days.” In a joint statement put out shortly after Mr. Trump’s announcement, the two lawyers wrote that they had tendered their resignations. “It has been an honor to have spent the last year defending him, and we know he will be vindicated,” they wrote. The departures of Mr. Trusty and Mr. Rowley came a month after the resignation of a third lawyer on Mr. Trump’s team, Timothy Parlatore. Days after Mr. Parlatore stepped back from representing Mr. Trump, he went on CNN to complain about how another lawyer close to Mr. Trump, Boris Epshteyn, had created conflict inside the legal team. On Thursday night, within two hours of the legal team being briefed on the indictment, Mr. Trusty was one of the faces on cable news defending Mr. Trump, appearing on CNN to denounce the case against him. Mr. Trusty and Mr. Rowley were two of the three lawyers who attended a meeting with Justice Department officials, including the special counsel Jack Smith, three days before the indictment. Two people familiar with the matter said that Mr. Trusty and Mr. Rowley had repeatedly complained about working with Mr. Epshteyn. One of these people, with direct knowledge of events, said that was part of the reason for the departures. That person said Mr. Trusty and Mr. Rowley are still on good terms with Mr. Trump. Mr. Blanche, who is already representing Mr. Trump in the case against him in a Manhattan state court, represents both Mr. Trump and Mr. Epshteyn.
Since Trump seems to think that his whole rationale for handling classified information as he did was because of his prerogatives and powers as a President of the United States, he may be changing lawyers to bring others on board who are constitutional experts of some kind. You know that this whole thing is going to end up at the Supreme Court!
Thanks. I think they are shifting from research based lawyers, to trial lawyers. Really rich people employ different types of lawyers depending on their area of expertise. The higher up you go, the more specialized they are. This isn't that uncommon in high profile cases.
History will remember the corruption demonstrated by the dem witch hunt. But hey, I’m sure he will get other lawyers no problem.
The story is written by the winners. And right now, the winners are the Dems. The problem is not to find others. The problem is finding competent ones. And right now, even the most competent team of lawyers in the world can't save Trump.
Yet, despite the money, Trump has lost 3 lawyers in the last month. But I understand that in order to maintain the illusion of your wonderful world, you still have to make yourself believe that all is well with Trump.
Objectively, that would be YOUR money. The Orange Stain exists on the donations from his sheep. He doesn't spend his own money; he may not even have any. As in negative worth.
It isn’t my money at all, you create conclusions in your head based on nothing. It’s a common theme I’ve noticed in the left. And he has bee rich long before he, like all politicians, including Dems, took donations.
I don’t donate to anyone, that’s an emotional assumption as I’ve provided to indication I do. Fact is he is rich and has been since well before becoming president.
If he doesn't have competent representation, the case will get thrown out on appeal. It won't be so funny, then. Will it?
