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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWashington lawyers reluctant to join Trump's legal team: report
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/340756-washington-lawyers-reluctant-to-join-trumps-legal-team-report
Washington lawyers reluctant to join Trump's legal team: report
By Max Greenwood - 07/05/17 06:57 PM EDT
Veteran Washington attorneys are reluctant to join President Trump's legal team and concerned about having to defend a president that often appears unwilling or loath to take their advice, The New York Times Magazine reported Wednesday.
"There are folks who come to you because you have a certain expertise and folks who come to you because they have already figured out what they want and need, and they want to use you as a dinner fork," according to attorney Robert Luskin, who represented former President George W. Bush's senior adviser Karl Rove in the Valerie Plame investigation.
Brendan Sullivan, the lawyer who defended Oliver North in the wake of the Iran-Contra Affair, reportedly declined an offer to represent Trump.
So has Ted Olson, the former U.S. solicitor general who defended Jonathan Pollard, the spy convicted of providing U.S. government secrets to Israel.
Instead, Trump has hired a number of aggressive and flamboyant lawyers who cut their legal teeth outside of the Capital Beltway.
For example, Marc Kasowitz, a high-profile New York lawyer whom Trump hired to help him navigate the multiple investigations into Russian election meddling, was among the attorneys to defend ousted Fox News host Bill O'Reilly as he faced sexual harassment allegations.
Jay Sekulow, who was also hired by Trump to help with the Russia probes, is a backer of Christian conservative causes and hosts a syndicated talk radio show.
The Times Magazine reported that some Washington lawyers are hesitant to work with Trump, because of his habit of going off script, saying things that could compromise his legal position or undermine a case.
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babylonsister
Jul 2017
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Hekate
(90,660 posts)1. I hope they all say NO and that Trump's lawyers make fools of themselves
Doug the Dem
(1,297 posts)2. Hey, would YOU want to board
Buns_of_Fire
(17,175 posts)3. If they're smart enough to be a good lawyer, they're smart enough
to get paid up front.
yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)4. Trump needs a Philadelphia lawyer.
Gothmog
(145,152 posts)5. Most of the top lawyers do not want to represent trump