- cross-posted to:
- news@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- news@beehaw.org
The lawyer wrote in a filing he could “no longer effectively and properly represent” Trump because of “irreconcilable differences.”
The lawyer wrote in a filing he could “no longer effectively and properly represent” Trump because of “irreconcilable differences.”
So, I kind of wonder what would happen if nobody was willing to defend him because it seems like every lawyer that reps him either gets charged with crimes, or he is like asking them to do illegal shit.
Like at some point he just will get a public defender because it’s a constitutional right to have a lawyer, but what if he can’t even get one of them to rep him because he asks them to lie or break laws for him. How many do you go through before the court is just like, fuck it, you are unrepresentable we gotta move forward with our a lawyer.
At some point they would probably let him defend himself, but that would be a massive shitshow
The problem is if he wants a lawyer,m… he’s entitled to one. Chatted with a public defender about it during the last bout of documents lawyers getting arrested…
Basically, barring trump directly threatening the lawyer or harassing the lawyer, the court appointed fellow will “do his best”, and also refer any “he asked me to break the law again” to the court.
That said there’s probably enough ambulance chasers that think he’ll pay up front, and they can hit it up like a get rich quick scheme,
maybe wp:escrow for if the lawyer wins, but with an upfront fee for mere representation. A lawyer could even offer it publicly: $200/hr, 200 hrs minimum, 5x that if he wins.
My guess is they know he’s gonna lose, and no one wants to be known as that lawyer who defended the ex-president in prison for treason.
Eh, he’s not charged with Treason. And Defence lawyers are usually pretty sanguine about stuff like that anyway.
He’s not charged with treason… YET.
Fair point, but the barrier for Treason is so high that it would be almost impossible anyway.
I understand both Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama have backgrounds in constitutional law
A lawyer can just ignore those requests from him. At that point, he could fire them but he’s going to have to justify it with the judge. Eventually the judge will stop letting him fire lawyers just to get on with the case.
maybe give him 60 days to get a lawyer, or one will be appointed to him; if he finds one who later quits, it will be back to a court-appointed one, be he/she the original court-appointed one, or a new one with 72 hours to prepare, 3 hours if this occurs more than 10x.