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Inside Trump's Frantic Hunt for 'Killer' Criminal Defense Attorneys (from Rolling Stone)
Behind closed doors this summer, Donald Trump and his advisers have been narrowing the shortlist of criminal defense attorneys he’d need to take on the Justice Department. The former president has had preliminary conversations with Tim Parlatore, ...
Trump’s conversations with Parlatore and other newly retained lawyers are part of his broader push to assemble yet another new legal team, both for his current legal woes and for any future ones coming from the FBI and Biden-era DOJ. Throughout the summer, Trump has been quizzing confidants on what they think of specific criminal defense lawyers, throwing out a number of names both big and obscure. In other words, as one Trump advisor describes it, the ex-president is conducting the “Apprentice: Avoid-Federal-Prison Edition.”
Monday’s FBI raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago will likely intensify that search, as the Justice Department broadens and accelerates its investigations into Trump, his team and close associates, and their efforts to subvert the 2020 presidential election. The federal search of the twice-impeached leader of the GOP’s Florida estate, however, appears connected to an investigation into Trump’s retention of classified materials and sensitive presidential documents.
In recent years, Parlatore has represented retired Navy SEAL and accused war criminal Eddie Gallagher, when Navy prosecutors accused him of committing war crimes in the killing of a 17-year-old ISIS fighter. A military jury rejected murder charges against Gallagher but instead convicted him on one count of illegally posing for a photo with the corpse. Trump intervened in Gallagher’s favor when the Navy tried to take away his Trident pin — a symbol of his membership in the SEALs — as a result of the conviction, and the then-president ultimately granted clemency to Gallagher along with pardoning two other service members accused or convicted of war crimes.
Parlatore has represented a who’s-who of MAGA clients. When the January 6 committee asked Pennsylvania Republican and senate candidate Doug Mastriano to testify about his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection and hand over documents, Mastriano turned to Parlatore for legal help. Parlatore has also represented Bernie Kerik, the former New York City police chief and Trump campaign strategist, ...
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...and attorneys John Rowley and Evan Corcoran have joined that team, The New York Times reports. A source familiar with the situation confirmed their involvement to Rolling Stone on Monday,...
In Trump’s conversations with his lawyers and allies this summer, Corcoran’s name has also come up as a potential defense attorney for Trump should the Justice Department bring criminal charges against him...A white-collar criminal defense attorney, Corcoran has represented three defendants in January 6-related cases, including Steve Bannon in his criminal case after the former Trump political advisor defied a subpoena from the January 6 committee (Bannon was convicted in July).
Corcoran and Parlatore did not respond to emails seeking comment on this story. Reached for comment on Sunday — before the Mar-a-Lago raid — Trump’s spokesman Taylor Budowich wrote back: “President Trump will not be deterred by witch hunts or kangaroo courts from continuing to defend and fight for America, our Constitution, and the Truth.”
Trump’s conversations with Parlatore and other newly retained lawyers are part of his broader push to assemble yet another new legal team, both for his current legal woes and for any future ones coming from the FBI and Biden-era DOJ. Throughout the summer, Trump has been quizzing confidants on what they think of specific criminal defense lawyers, throwing out a number of names both big and obscure. In other words, as one Trump advisor describes it, the ex-president is conducting the “Apprentice: Avoid-Federal-Prison Edition.”
Monday’s FBI raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago will likely intensify that search, as the Justice Department broadens and accelerates its investigations into Trump, his team and close associates, and their efforts to subvert the 2020 presidential election. The federal search of the twice-impeached leader of the GOP’s Florida estate, however, appears connected to an investigation into Trump’s retention of classified materials and sensitive presidential documents.
In recent years, Parlatore has represented retired Navy SEAL and accused war criminal Eddie Gallagher, when Navy prosecutors accused him of committing war crimes in the killing of a 17-year-old ISIS fighter. A military jury rejected murder charges against Gallagher but instead convicted him on one count of illegally posing for a photo with the corpse. Trump intervened in Gallagher’s favor when the Navy tried to take away his Trident pin — a symbol of his membership in the SEALs — as a result of the conviction, and the then-president ultimately granted clemency to Gallagher along with pardoning two other service members accused or convicted of war crimes.
Parlatore has represented a who’s-who of MAGA clients. When the January 6 committee asked Pennsylvania Republican and senate candidate Doug Mastriano to testify about his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection and hand over documents, Mastriano turned to Parlatore for legal help. Parlatore has also represented Bernie Kerik, the former New York City police chief and Trump campaign strategist, ...
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...and attorneys John Rowley and Evan Corcoran have joined that team, The New York Times reports. A source familiar with the situation confirmed their involvement to Rolling Stone on Monday,...
In Trump’s conversations with his lawyers and allies this summer, Corcoran’s name has also come up as a potential defense attorney for Trump should the Justice Department bring criminal charges against him...A white-collar criminal defense attorney, Corcoran has represented three defendants in January 6-related cases, including Steve Bannon in his criminal case after the former Trump political advisor defied a subpoena from the January 6 committee (Bannon was convicted in July).
Corcoran and Parlatore did not respond to emails seeking comment on this story. Reached for comment on Sunday — before the Mar-a-Lago raid — Trump’s spokesman Taylor Budowich wrote back: “President Trump will not be deterred by witch hunts or kangaroo courts from continuing to defend and fight for America, our Constitution, and the Truth.”
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