Trumps legal team is in shambles. The timing is terrible.

[babylonsister]

Trump’s legal team is in shambles. The timing is terrible.
Mueller’s Russia investigators want to talk to the president right as his legal team is falling apart.
By Zachary Fryer-Biggs
Updated Mar 27, 2018, 7:26am EDT


President Trump’s legal team is in shambles at one of the worst possible moments in the Russia investigation.

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation is heating up, and Trump is facing a big decision about whether to sit down for an interview with Mueller. But because of the staffing chaos that seems to have plagued the rest of his administration, the president now finds himself with virtually no qualified attorneys left to defend him in the Russia probe.

Trump’s top personal lawyer, John Dowd, resigned on Thursday. Reports say he’d grown frustrated with Trump’s unwillingness to heed his legal advice, including his view that an interview with Mueller would be too risky.

And less than a week after announcing that Trump was adding two new lawyers to his legal team, personal Trump attorney Jay Sekulow had to walk back the announcement, saying the two wouldn’t be working on the special counsel investigation after all because of “conflicts” with their other clients.

White House lawyers Ty Cobb and Don McGahn work for Trump on issues tied to the Russia investigation, but both are on the taxpayer payroll, meaning they are responsible for protecting the office of the presidency, not Trump personally. McGahn and Cobb are both reportedly considering leaving as well.

And new lawyers who could join the team are looking at the chaos and deciding it’s not worth getting involved.

“This is turmoil, it’s chaos, it’s confusion, it’s not good for anything,” Ted Olson, a George W. Bush administration solicitor general, told NBC on Monday. Olson turned down an offer from Trump to join the legal team last week.

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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/26/17164766/trump-russia-sekulow-legal-team

[TheBlackAdder]

1. Is Trump now hoping that having shittly representation might be grounds for an appeal?

[Girard442]

2. A wholly irrational person can't put together an effective team.

Wow! Who could have predicted?

[BootinUp]

5. yes, its mind boggling

but not the normal way, lol.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Humpty Trumpty is cracking.......

And will fall down BIGLY, that nothing or no one will be able to save his sorry ass. Good!

Break the law, violate the Constitution, launder money, and collude with a hostile enemy in order to get elected, it will all catch up to you at some point.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. This Author Might Have The Cart Before The Horse

The piece says "Mueller’s Russia investigators want to talk to the president right as his legal team is falling apart. "

Isn't it highly likely that the legal team is falling apart BECAUSE MUELLER WANTS TO TALK TO THE PRESIDENT?

The stakes got much higher and the lawyers know they can't control the dweeb. So, time to bail while the getting is good.

[Wounded Bear]

6. Nice to see Murphy's Law kick in on Trump...

"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time and under the worst possible circumstances."

[Gothmog]

7. From my twitter feed

Link to tweet

:large

[HipChick]

8. Trump does not need any representation...He *ALONE* can fix everything...

Please proceed...

[gratuitous]

9. The staffing chaos that SEEMS to have plagued his administration?

Yeah, and Woody Woodpecker SEEMS to have an annoying laugh.