Fees-Not Strategy-blew up trump's legal team

[Gothmog]

Trump is an idiot.

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[Vivienne235729]

1. They didn't want to work for free? Lol

[Hekate]

2. He is so notorious for stiffing anyone he hires it makes you wonder why anyone would ever...

...work for him at all.

And yes, he is an idiot. Also crazy.

[TheBlackAdder]

5. Like how Disney tries to send one case to every Florida lawyer so they can't be used to sue them.

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Attorneys will think that this is their break. They'll have Disney as a corporate client, even though they are giving them a really tiny case to work on. That case precludes anyone from using that attorney in a lawsuit against DisneyWorld. Unfortunately, I read years ago that around 90% of the attorneys in the state fell for it, and after that first case--it became their only case.

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[denbot]

3. He considers it an honor, and good business to work for him.

That is payment enough in his mind.

[Blue Owl]

4. What's baffling is...

there seems to be a never ending line of shlubs and chumps who are ready and eager to serve the big fat turd. When will his luck run out? I don’t get whatever “appeal” that he seems to have...

[JI7]

6. They are sleazy just like him and think they will get something out of it

[Brother Mythos]

7. I'm not the least bit surprised that the deal fell through over money.

The article doesn't mention it, but I wouldn't be surprise to learn that Trump's first legal team choice also wanted to be paid upfront.

[Gothmog]

8. Trump's lawyers quit after he refused to pay $3M in legal fees despite raising $170M: report

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Former President Donald Trump's legal team for his upcoming impeachment trial quit following a dispute about the cost of his defense, according to Axios.

Five of Trump's impeachment attorneys abruptly quit just over a week before his Senate trial is set to kick off on Feb. 8. CNN and other outlets have reported that lead attorney Butch Bowers and four other lawyers he assembled for the team walked out over a disagreement about the ex-president's defense strategy but Axios reports that the team split following a blow-up with the "notoriously stingy" onetime reality TV host over legal fees. Trump, who is charged with inciting the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot, was "livid" after Bowers told him that the legal effort would cost $3 million, according to the report, even though Trump has raised over $170 million from supporters, ostensibly to fund his post-election legal efforts.

Trump and Bowers initially agreed that the latter would be paid $250,000, which "delighted" the billionaire, according to the report. But that fee did not include additional costs for other lawyers, researchers and legal fees. Trump was "infuriated" after Bowers told him the total budget would be $3 million, though he ultimately haggled the attorney down to $1 million while planning to use his political action committee to pay for "audiovisuals, a rapid-response team and legislative liaison."

The episode highlighted the Trump team's dishonest fundraising campaign that has bombarded his supporters with messages asking for money to support his post-election legal battles, which came to nothing. Though Trump raised about $175 million in a joint venture with the Republican National Committee, he spent just $10 million on legal costs while spending nearly $50 million on ads and fundraising, according to The New York Times. The RNC likewise spent little of its portion of the funds on legal efforts. Most of the funds were raised from small-dollar donations as many of Trump's top donors avoided contributing to his effort.