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A Headline to make Americans Proud.... (Original Post) spanone Feb 2018 OP
trump making America Great Again! nt thbobby Feb 2018 #1
GOPs are panicking Iliyah Feb 2018 #2
A two year old could catch the POS lying. sinkingfeeling Feb 2018 #3
imagine having this p.o.s. as a relative! a husband (in name only). erronis Feb 2018 #21
Most 2 year olds would be better liars! lindysalsagal Feb 2018 #27
You know you're up shit creek without a paddle when even your lawyers malaise Feb 2018 #4
in other words, he will be lying and we're worried he COULD get caught. spanone Feb 2018 #5
From n2doc's thread malaise Feb 2018 #8
Bwahahahahahaaaaa.....👍🏼 spanone Feb 2018 #17
Nope. Not buying it. lindysalsagal Feb 2018 #28
LOL malaise Feb 2018 #29
Word is his own lawyers won't meet with him one-on-one... Wounded Bear Feb 2018 #6
Never trust your client is a good motto for a criminal defense lawyer to follow Pepsidog Feb 2018 #20
"a lawyers dream, unlimited source of funds" - maybe he doesn't have free access to those funds erronis Feb 2018 #22
True thats why I wrote alledged billionaire . Most likely Trump Pepsidog Feb 2018 #24
'The guy wont pay and he wont listen': Four top law firms refuse to represent Trump csziggy Feb 2018 #26
Wow that says all you need to know about Trump Pepsidog Feb 2018 #30
That and the way he treated his nephew after the death of his brother csziggy Feb 2018 #31
Duh! lark Feb 2018 #7
make America GRATE again Chakaconcarne Feb 2018 #9
I LOVE THAT! It's perfect. You should make hats and t-shirts. judesedit Feb 2018 #11
Most deplorables wouldnt get it... robbob Feb 2018 #19
Sarcastically speaking... syringis Feb 2018 #10
You're right. And that is exactly what they're afraid of judesedit Feb 2018 #12
Actually, I think that's a big part of their worry. lagomorph777 Feb 2018 #13
That does not seem sarcastic at all!! Seems more like the truth! nt logosoco Feb 2018 #18
If he tells the truth, he's probably admitting to committing a crime... Wounded Bear Feb 2018 #25
Hello Wounded Bear syringis Feb 2018 #34
Yeah, Trump is getting painted into a corner, for sure... Wounded Bear Feb 2018 #37
that would be the real corker.... spanone Feb 2018 #32
Could? Hayduke Bomgarte Feb 2018 #14
at this point yuiyoshida Feb 2018 #15
Any competent attorney would be worried. I believe that more public taunts Enoki33 Feb 2018 #16
The 'president' of the United States cannot be trusted to tell the truth.... Under Oath. spanone Feb 2018 #23
Common, your president lies on tape at arthritisR_US Feb 2018 #36
Like little Liar fish in a barrel Cha Feb 2018 #33
Duh arthritisR_US Feb 2018 #35

erronis

(15,361 posts)
21. imagine having this p.o.s. as a relative! a husband (in name only).
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 12:53 PM
Feb 2018

Perhaps the only hope his children have is that their mothers slept around as much as he does.

spanone

(135,888 posts)
5. in other words, he will be lying and we're worried he COULD get caught.
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 10:09 AM
Feb 2018

What a fucking moron

so proud of the 'president'

Wounded Bear

(58,726 posts)
6. Word is his own lawyers won't meet with him one-on-one...
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 11:45 AM
Feb 2018

because that way they can't verify what he said. Would love to see Trump squirm in front of a Grand Jury.

Pepsidog

(6,254 posts)
20. Never trust your client is a good motto for a criminal defense lawyer to follow
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 12:52 PM
Feb 2018

especially if that client is the notorious, skilled, world class liar named Trump. No doubt at some point he will turn on his lawyers. Think of this, top DC legal talent will not represent an alledged billionaire. Trump is so lacking in character that even top rate lawyers will have nothing to do with him. As a criminal defense lawyer I represent some pretty unsavory characters. Trump should be a lawyers dream, unlimited source of funds to mount a defense, a dream client. But he is so reviled, his flawed character is so obvious that even the alllure of unlimited fees aren’t enough to attract DC’s best legal talent. Moreover, were I representing Trump I would definitely have another from my office sitting in on a meeting with Trump followed up by a letter to him outlining strategy/recommendations etc. In NJ it is ok to record your conversations with another person so I would record any meetings with Trump as well. Thief’s, rapists, molesters, drug dealers, I have represented them all but would never represent a guy like Trump. That’s where I draw the line!

erronis

(15,361 posts)
22. "a lawyers dream, unlimited source of funds" - maybe he doesn't have free access to those funds
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 12:59 PM
Feb 2018

because they are all IOUs to some notorious international gangsters - he'd have to ask permission for a few million more rubles.

Wouldn't you demand an up-front retainer equal to the maximum amount you will spend on this "project"? You could pay back overages just in case your client was cooperative and wasn't guilty and didn't need representation for the next 20 years in the pen. Just in case...

Pepsidog

(6,254 posts)
24. True thats why I wrote alledged billionaire . Most likely Trump
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 01:19 PM
Feb 2018

is cash poor. I believe he has used campaign funds to pay some lawyers. A real billionaire could put up a 5 to 10 million dollar retainer with ease. Trump’s wealth is all smoke and mirrors and I suspect you are correct he is up to his eyeballs in debt. Word has it that the premier law firms wouldn’t touch Trump. Looks more like he couldn’t afford the retainer that a top legal firm would command so he settled for what appears to be a a mom and pop legal team. If it were me facing Mueller’s team and I had the resources Trump supposedly has, I would hire the best lawyers in the country and pay them whatever they wanted liquidating assets if need be to pay the retainer no matter how extraordinary.

csziggy

(34,138 posts)
26. 'The guy wont pay and he wont listen': Four top law firms refuse to represent Trump
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 03:06 PM
Feb 2018
Four top law firms turned down requests to represent Trump
Michael Isikoff
Yahoo News
June 6, 2017

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, according to five sources familiar with discussions about the matter.

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.

The president’s chief lawyer now in charge of the case is Marc E. Kasowitz, a tough New York civil litigator who for years has aggressively represented Trump in multiple business and public relations disputes — often with threats of countersuits and menacing public statements — but who has little experience dealing with complex congressional and Justice Department investigations that are inevitably influenced by media coverage and public opinion.

<SNIP>

“The concerns were, ‘The guy won’t pay and he won’t listen,’” said one lawyer close to the White House who is familiar with some of the discussions between the firms and the administration, as well as deliberations within the firms themselves.

More: https://www.yahoo.com/news/four-top-law-firms-turned-requests-represent-trump-122423972.html

csziggy

(34,138 posts)
31. That and the way he treated his nephew after the death of his brother
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 07:50 PM
Feb 2018
The Trump Files: When Donald Took Revenge by Cutting Off Health Coverage for a Sick Infant

Natalie Schreyer
Aug. 25, 2016 10:00 AM

<SNIP>

The story begins after the death of Trump’s father, Fred Sr., in 1999. As David Cay Johnston explains in his book The Making of Donald Trump, Fred Sr. had written a will after the death of his oldest son, Fred Jr., known as Freddy, in 1981. The will left the majority of Fred Sr.’s wealth to Donald and his surviving siblings. Freddy’s family was largely cut out.

When Fred Sr. died, Freddy’s children sued, claiming that the will “had been ‘procured by fraud and undue influence’ by Donald and the other surviving siblings,” according to Johnston.

Johnston writes that medical insurance had consistently been provided to the family through Fred Sr.’s company. This coverage was crucial for Freddy’s grandson (Donald’s grandnephew), who suffered from seizures and later developed cerebral palsy. So crucial, in fact, that a letter sent from a Trump lawyer to the insurer after the patriarch’s death in 1999 said that “all costs” for the sick child’s care should be covered, regardless of caps on the plan or medical necessity, according to Johnston. That didn’t last long.

A week after the lawsuit was filed in court, Freddy’s son (Donald’s nephew) received a letter informing him that the health insurance would be discontinued, meaning his ill son would be left without coverage. Donald openly admitted to the New York Daily News that he and his siblings took this action out of revenge.

More: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/trump-files-donald-sick-infant-medical-care/

lark

(23,160 posts)
7. Duh!
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 11:46 AM
Feb 2018

If his ass lips are moving, he's lying. He will absolutely lie to Mueller, probably with every word he speaks after he states his name.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
13. Actually, I think that's a big part of their worry.
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 12:07 PM
Feb 2018

He tends to shoot off his mouth, such as in the Lester Holt interview.

Wounded Bear

(58,726 posts)
25. If he tells the truth, he's probably admitting to committing a crime...
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 02:57 PM
Feb 2018

if he lies, he's committing perjury.

Hayduke Bomgarte

(1,965 posts)
14. Could?
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 12:18 PM
Feb 2018

Hell, that's a given. The man can't utter a sentence without lying. Usually, an immediately provable lie.

Enoki33

(1,588 posts)
16. Any competent attorney would be worried. I believe that more public taunts
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 12:23 PM
Feb 2018

like that of Joe Scarborough saying he is too stupid to testify might just get him to meet with Mueller.

spanone

(135,888 posts)
23. The 'president' of the United States cannot be trusted to tell the truth.... Under Oath.
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 01:18 PM
Feb 2018

i'm trying to let that sink in.....

arthritisR_US

(7,299 posts)
36. Common, your president lies on tape at
Wed Feb 7, 2018, 05:31 AM
Feb 2018

least 3times a day, calls the true news media fake news, promotes the propaganda networks as gospel, goes
after your national security agency’s as sone kind of conspirators, put people in
charge of all your agencies that will gut
them for financial gain at your expense.
Now he wants a military parade, like a
dictator rightfully wants... wake up people
or you’re truly fecked.

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