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Rhiannon12866

(206,208 posts)
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 12:12 AM Aug 2022

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse: Trump Really Needs 'Better Lawyers' - The Last Word - MSNBC (2 videos)



Rhode Island Democrat Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss the legal jeopardy Trump faces over the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida involving classified documents. - Aired on 08/29/2022.




Sen. Whitehouse Condemns $1.6B Right Wing Dark Money Donation - The Last Word - MSNBC



Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell after a right-wing group receives a record $1.6 billion donation to boost conservative causes. Leonard Leo, who Sen. Whitehouse says we can thank for a Supreme Court we can “no longer trust,” now runs the group. - Aired on 08/29/2022.


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TDale313

(7,820 posts)
1. The better lawyers don't want anything to do with him.
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 12:28 AM
Aug 2022

It’s a losing proposition and he doesn’t pay his bills.

Rhiannon12866

(206,208 posts)
2. Not to mention, he refuses to listen, he thinks he knows better, or heed their advice to shut up
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 12:35 AM
Aug 2022

And if they follow his instructions and end up breaking the law, they end up behind bars...

onecaliberal

(32,916 posts)
3. I certainly wouldn't want to be on record defending his actions in any way shape or form.
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 12:41 AM
Aug 2022

That said. If someone has to, the strip mall lawyers can line up.

onecaliberal

(32,916 posts)
5. To be fair, they're all stupid. I'm sorry but I wouldn't sit around watching my client commit crimes
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 08:32 PM
Aug 2022

against the country. This happened so many times that bone saw's best friend said cippy cup threatened to quit every day.

I know that people deserve a robust defense, but the nature of these crimes and the heinousness of their beings. They literally serve no purpose on earth that is remotely positive. They're disgusting on a level that I've never known. I despise W, but even he looks like a boy scout compared to the rotting flesh that is his party now.

Rhiannon12866

(206,208 posts)
6. I couldn't agree more and how many of these lawyers will go down with him? Or ahead of him??
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 08:39 PM
Aug 2022

It's not like it hasn't happened before...

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