'Loser' Trump: Legal 'Walls Closing In' On Rattled 45 - The Beat - MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

As the criminal probe into the Trump Organization finances continues, Trump is now suing his niece for $100 million dollars. Mary Trump provided the former president’s tax documents to The New York Times, which later published a Pulitzer Prize-winning article about Trump’s history of tax dodging. Trump is also taking legal action against The New York Times for what he alleges was a “insidious plot” to gain his tax records. MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber and former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance discuss. Aired on 09/22/2021.

[Escurumbele]

1. Legal Walls not closing in fast enough. If this guy is not made accountable for his crimes during

the presidency and with his business, this country can kiss Democracy goodbye, the so called "rule of law" will not be an item people will believe in. We already know how skewed the "rule of law" is, if you have money the rules are different, they are more lenient and if you don't have any money? then not paying $0.29 cents will get you seven years in jail.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. As far as I'm concerned, the walls closed in before the first impeachment

He should have been removed immediately back then which would have spared this country so much. We keep hearing more evidence, more revelations of his misconduct and how indictments are imminent. I'm awfully sick of waiting. They had the evidence for the first impeachment, let alone the second.

[SharonClark]

3. How many times have we heard that?

And yet he walks free.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. To sue the New York Times and his niece, Trump turned to a low profile attorney from New Jersey

WOW, Marc E. Kasowitz is no longer representing TFG. Kasowitz is a major league asshole who has been represent TFG for a very long time. My son was involved in a dispute with Kasowitz in a commercial loan type transaction and was not impressed. For Kasowitz to leave TFG is a big deal

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Earlier this month, one of former president Donald Trump’s best-known attorneys — veteran litigator Marc E. Kasowitz — withdrew from a case where Trump had been sued for defamation.....

It’s unclear why Kasowitz stopped representing Trump in the defamation case, which was brought by former “Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos, or how Trump chose Habba to represent him in that suit and the one against the Times. Neither Trump nor Habba responded to requests for comment Wednesday.....

In the past, Trump turned to a different attorney, Charles Harder, for lawsuits against media outlets. Harder was known for representing wrestler Hulk Hogan in a lawsuit against the website Gawker, which resulted in a $140 million judgment and the bankruptcy of the site. Harder told The Post on Wednesday that he was no longer working for Trump, but otherwise declined to comment.

In recent weeks, three of Trump’s high-profile attorneys have withdrawn from cases where they represented him or his family. None offered a public explanation.

In addition to Kasowitz, Marc Mukasey — who had previously represented Trump’s foundation and business — withdrew from a case where he was defending Eric Trump against inquiries from the New York attorney general. Mukasey declined to comment.

Joanna Hendon, of the firm Alston and Bird, had defended Trump against a lawsuit that alleged he defrauded customers by endorsing a scheme to market video phones. But Hendon — who had represented Trump since 2018 — withdrew in August, saying in a court filing that the change had been Trump’s decision.

Trump replaced her firm with a much smaller one, Robert & Robert, located in the Long Island town of Uniondale, N.Y. Robert & Robert lists five attorneys on its website. In that case, neither Trump’s old attorneys nor his new ones responded to requests for comment Wednesday.

TFG is losing his few competent attorneys and replacing them with small law firm types. The new attorney in the NYT/Mary Trump case is with a 4 person firm who does not list which law schools their attorneys attended in part because the lead partner is from a tier 4 law school.

TFG is hurting