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Trump is asking random Mar-a-Lago visitors to recommend lawyers to help with his legal issues, Wolff book saysmjankowicz@businessinsider.com (Mia Jankowicz) 46 mins ago
Trump has no "real" lawyers working with him, a new book about him says.
The former president asks Mar-a-Lago visitors if they have any recommendations, the book says.
Trump has several legal threats hanging over him.
Former President Donald Trump is asking passers-by for legal help as he finds himself in increasing jeopardy, according to a new book.
An excerpt of "Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency" by Michael Wolff published by The Times of London Monday describes Trump's life surrounded by followers at his Florida home of Mar-A-Lago.
In it, Wolff says that as of spring 2021 Trump had no "real" lawyers working with him, "going so far as to ask random visitors if they know any good ones" to help with the many legal threats looming over him.
Insider's C. Ryan Barber and Tom LoBianco reported in April that, with the big law firms shying away, Trump calls on a stable of lawyers, many of whom were involved in his efforts to challenge the 2020 election result.
Some of the legal threats over Trump have begun to take shape.
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RockRaven
(14,998 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)I read he stiffed Giuliani, which part of his financial woes.
Aristus
(66,462 posts)Trumps history of stiffing everyone who works for him is coming back to haunt him.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,194 posts)Clarification: Paid in real money. Not butt-smoochies.
ChazInAz
(2,572 posts)Maybe he should use a court-appointed public defender.
They work for free.
gulliver
(13,193 posts)That's just what a law firm wants, to be categorized with Rudy Giuliani and Michael Cohen.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)He was pretty new, and as a sole practitioner you take just about any clients you can get. Sure enough, he got mixed up with this shady business guy who was always in some legal hot water, mostly because he was a dishonest asshole who'd sell out his own mother for a nickel. It too my boss a couple of years to get untangled from representing this guy, and by the time I came to work for him, he had just about gotten rid of him as a client.
Anyway, there was a weekly cattle call of cases in that county, dozens of lawyers reporting in on case status. My boss is there in the crowd for another case not involving this guy, when the guy's name comes up in the case list being announced by the bailiff. The presiding judge hears the name and his head jerks up and starts scanning the crowd. He sees my boss and gives a half nod and a look of "Oh that's why you're here." My boss is thinking, "Great, now I'm going to be tied to this deadbeat for my whole career."
There's going to be a lot lawyers admitted to the bar this year, and they're going to be hungry for clients. One of them is bound to be just a little hungrier than the rest. Chins up, Donald.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,554 posts)TFG is a horrible client and this case is a loser. Who is stupid enough to keep two sets of books
Link to tweet
Ocelot II
(115,836 posts)who is certifiably mad and doesn't pay.
tanyev
(42,610 posts)tblue37
(65,487 posts)Ocelot II
(115,836 posts)(not that Rudy's work was worth a damn). No reputable lawyer would go anywhere near TFG because it would be career suicide, AND they wouldn't get paid for the public opprobrium and scorching by judges. At this point he'd be lucky to be able to retain some guy from Albuquerque with an office in the basement of a nail salon.
sdfernando
(4,941 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)Did he fire Rudy Toot Tooty or did he quit because TFG wasn't paying him?
Vinca
(50,303 posts)MissMillie
(38,578 posts)He's about to file for bankruptcy, and he'll end up not paying anyone anywhere anything.
Ocelot II
(115,836 posts)They should also consider what their reputations are worth before they sign on.
musclecar6
(1,690 posts)He has no redeeming qualities. None. Why anybody would work for this despicable person is beyond me.
Blue Owl
(50,494 posts)Oh how the mighty have fallen...
Talitha
(6,613 posts)He's been wandering around in his bathrobe muttering:
'Where's my Roy Cohn?"