''The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers,'' - Shakespeare

[kentuck]

That was a quote from some character in a Shakespeare play who thought if a tyrant was to be successful, he needed to kill all the lawyers. Shakespeare meant it as a compliment to judges and lawyers, whose work instilled justice in a society.

Donald Trump may not be thinking about Shakespeare this morning, but he may be thinking about lawyers? A couple of his former attorneys have put him in legal jeopardy.

It has been reported that Alex Cannon, a former Trump campaign attorney and confidante of Jared Kushner, was asked by Donald Trump to tell the National Archives that there were no more "classified" documents at MAL. Cannon, suspecting otherwise, refused to do so. This made Trump very angry and led to a split between the two.

Then Trump found another attorney, Christina Bobb, who agreed to lie for Trump on an affidavit with the FBI that stated there were no more classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. Unfortunately for her, in a search warrant of the place, many more classified documents were discovered. For a while, she pretended it was no big deal.

However, she has now attained a lawyer for herself. Her false statement on an affidavit may have put her in legal jeopardy.

If both of these lawyers testify about what they were told by Donald Trump, it may put Trump in big danger of an obstruction charge? Nothing good is going to come from the testimony of these two lawyers.

[calimary]

1. I doubt he ever "asked" any of 'em to do anything.

It’s always an order, not a request.

[kentuck]

2. Even more damning...

in my opinion.

[agingdem]

3. I hate that quote..

my husband practiced law for 45 years before he died..he was a great lawyer and he would be ashamed to share the same profession as Trump's team of clown lawyers...

because of the court screw up we know Trump had a file on Pat Cipollone..maybe now would be good time for smug Pat to tell all to Garland and have another sit-down with the J6 committee...he represented the office of president...he was not Trump's Roy Cohn...

[kentuck]

4. It was meant as a compliment to those that fight for justice, lawyers and judges.

There are bad apples in any profession.

[agingdem]

5. my husband and I were married

when he was in law school..and I remember going to a few "section" get-togethers..there was a guy who clearly had no business stepping across the law school threshold much less occupying a seat in a classroom...loud, obnoxious, arrogant...so when we got home I asked my husband about the guy.. my husband grabbed a map of Texas and pointed to a particular county..his classmate and the county shared the same name..not only did they share the same name, but his family had controlled the county from its inception..they weren't famous so much as they were infamous...and the megabucks family endowment went a long way to overlooking the guy's abysmal undergraduate grades and LSAT score...bad apples..absolutely

[kentuck]

6. Yep.

Good example.

[MurrayDelph]

7. I hate it too

Lawyers should be second; MBAs should be first.

[agingdem]

8. everyone hates lawyers..until they're in a shit-ton of trouble..

and then it's OMG CALL MY LAWYER!!!.......a good lawyer will tell his client what he needs to hear, not want he wants to hear,and if a client refuses to take advice, counsel has an obligation to withdraw, hand the client his file and send him on his way..Trump's clowns are allowing him to lead, to put them in legal jeopardy...Christopher Kise, the $3,000,000 man, is no more effective than the idiots Trump doesn't pay...as for MBAs..yup...