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Jarqui

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21. That's a very Trump-like statement, Know why?
Sun Apr 2, 2023, 07:47 PM
Apr 2023

It is illegal and unethical.

A third party cannot fire an individual's lawyer without that individual's consent - so it is the individual who is making the firing decision or Trump is breaking the law or doing something unethical. What a shock that would be [/sarcasm]

Andrew Weissmann, who Laurence Tribe described as having the finest prosecutorial mind he'd encountered, wrote up the Zurich insurance fraud problem Weisselberg has - regardless of who his lawyer is.

If you're in prison - everyone knows where you are and you can't go anywhere. Is that really a good time to flip on Trump? He could get Epsteined. "Until I and my family are in a witness protection program, I won't say anything".

One possibility:
Bragg turned down this case 15 months ago. Something changed. Weisselberg flipping could explain it but they're keeping it quiet until Trump is indicted or Weisselberg is in a safe situation. If TRump knew he was flying in to a racketeering charge with Weisselberg testifying, would he fly to NY so easily?

Who knows?

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I say BS, gab13by13 Mar 2023 #1
No one is certain what is going on gldstwmn Mar 2023 #7
A rare case where we disagree. This whole thing about the lawyer is being wildly Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #10
Ugh. That is not good news. gldstwmn Mar 2023 #19
I'm not convinced that is the whole story at all Jarqui Mar 2023 #2
What about money laundering? tblue37 Mar 2023 #4
Certainly a significant possibility Jarqui Mar 2023 #6
Great post. Thanks for this. gldstwmn Mar 2023 #8
Weisselberg just became harder to flip with the new lawyer. Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #9
To me, that smells like Trump's spin. Jarqui Mar 2023 #12
Lol! And I actually think THIS is trump spin. Daily Beast says sources are saying Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #13
Weisselberg is in danger Jarqui Mar 2023 #14
Here's the indictment he plead guilty to: Jarqui Mar 2023 #17
Potentially, an interesting point about that made here: Jarqui Mar 2023 #18
A bit more information about who fired whom and what the new lawyer is there to do: Scrivener7 Apr 2023 #20
That's a very Trump-like statement, Know why? Jarqui Apr 2023 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author Scrivener7 Apr 2023 #22
Sorry. You misunderstood. Jarqui Apr 2023 #23
I'll delete. Scrivener7 Apr 2023 #24
Not buying it. This sounds like trump spin tulipsandroses Mar 2023 #3
propaganda story ZonkerHarris Mar 2023 #5
I believe this. It is consistent with the decades-long history of prosecuting tfg in NYC. Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #11
'Insiders' - This story does not pass the smell test. I think Weisselberg emulatorloo Mar 2023 #15
And now the grand jury is taking a month off? BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #16
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