Star GOP attorney Olson wont join Trump defense team

[spanone]

President Donald Trump’s legal team reached out in recent days to Theodore Olson, one of the country’s most high-profile and seasoned litigators, to join forces amid mounting challenges in the probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election, according to three people familiar with the discussions.

The overture came as Trump, feeling more vulnerable to the investigation led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, has told confidants he wants to recruit top-tier talent and shake up his group of lawyers, the people said.

But after reviewing the offer and weighing potential conflicts with his clients at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he is a partner, Olson is not planning to join Trump’s team, a top executive at the firm said Tuesday.

“I can confirm that [the firm] and Theodore B. Olson will not be representing Trump,” Theodore Boutrous, the global co-chair of the Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher litigation group, tweeted on Monday following The Washington Post’s initial report.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/20/star-gop-attorney-olson-wont-join-trump-defense-team/

[chuckstevens]

1. Who would want to board the Titanic?

[louis-t]

2. And they know they will never be paid.

[SummerSnow]

3. He definitely sees the iceberg

[spanone]

5. it would taint your career for life and beyond!

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Isn't Olson Scheduled to

argue a Supreme Court Case this year?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. Olson's not a good guy. But he's sure as shit isn't stupid either.

He knows better than to involve himself with the roaring dumpster fire that is Donald J. Trump.

[jberryhill]

7. He's conflicted out because Karen McDougal consulted with his firm

[PJMcK]

9. Very good point

With Ms. McDougal, the firm probably feels confident that they will not only win her case but they will get paid. Why give that up for a chance to be a part of the reverse-Midas?

[maveric]

8. Next hell try to retain Bruce Cutler.

A mobster lawyer.

[DFW]

10. When Alan Dershowitz passes

You can start the countdown to Trump's resignation.

But we know how this goes. It will be dragged out as long as it can be, in the hope of the public losing interest. Personally, I think Godot will show up first, but I have no guarantees.