Jared Kushner's lawyer Jamie Gorelick just quit representing him in the Russia scandal.

[dixiegrrrrl]

Jamie Gorelick, the lawyer representing White House senior adviser Jared Kushner on matters relating to the Russia investigation, said Friday she will leave. Gorelick said she is “wrapping up” her work for Kushner related to omissions he made on ethics and security-clearance disclosure forms. Replacing Gorelick is Abbe Lowell, a criminal-defense attorney who has represented high-profile clients including John Edwards and Jack Abramoff.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/jared-kushners-russia-lawyer-drops-him

[bettyellen]

1. He knows she'd have to fuck over DonSr to save his client, is afraid.

[PJMcK]

18. Jamie Gorelick is a woman

The excerpt refers to her as "she."

I do get your humorous point, however, bettyellen!

In fact, Ms. Gorelick is a very experienced DC attorney and I'm certain that she only took the job representing Kushner under her own terms, severely limiting her role and involvement. The excerpt says she was finishing her work "related to omissions he made on ethics and security-clearance disclosure forms." Correcting forms is procedural but working on a criminal and political case could be a disastrous mess.

I'd bet she is smart enough and connected enough to know that the Trumps have some profoundly serious problems that are coming to light.

[exboyfil]

21. I wonder why she even took the call

Increasingly these folks are going to find Washington insiders not returning their calls (of course this has already happened).

I wonder if she was asked to knowingly put false information on a disclosure form.

[bettyellen]

25. Fixed, to you! I think they'd all be afraid of being the person that "knew too much" and

Also, strangely enough probably aware that they were being lied to. Not a good place to be

[elleng]

2. Yes. Posted here:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029327455

[Sanity Claws]

3. Jamie realizes he can't trust his client

His client lied to him and Jamie realizes there is no way to put together a good defense if new stuff keeps popping up.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Jamie is she, not he.

[Sanity Claws]

8. Thanks for the correction

[malaise]

5. Damn this is hilarious

on steroids.

Men are scared shitless - they know they have been caught

[Leghorn21]

9. I knowwww, malaise!! What a marvelous Friday romp this lawyer-shuffle is!! nt

[malaise]

20. Too freaking good

I'm expecting more -it's Friday evening

[Miles Archer]

35. The ULTIMATE poetic justice would be Jared behind bars, just like Daddy.

I'm not a Chris Christie fan in any way, shape, or form, but I can imagine the sights and sounds of him laughing his ass off after Jared's many attempts to block him from a position in the administration after what he did to Daddy.

Then again, Trump will probably issue a full pardon, no matter what happens.

Still worth it to see this particular worm twisting on the hook.

[malaise]

36. I'd pay to watch Jared behind bars

[Bleacher Creature]

6. WOW! Seriously, WOW!

I'm not sure what this means, but it's a big deal. Gorelick took a ton of grief for representing him due to her being a loyal Democrat. For her to suffer through all the criticism and THEN dump him means that something significant happened.

[HipChick]

7. I wonder if she was the source of the leak..

[exboyfil]

22. If so then her career is over

as far as I am concerned.

Everyone, including the sleaziest defendant, is entitled to a proper defense.

I strongly doubt she would leak information.

If she leaked a client's information she would be disbarred, sued, and quite possibly prosecuted.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

29. No way. She's a top-notch, very respected lawyer.

She would know better. All lawyers know better. Attorney-client communications are absolutely privileged with a few very limited exceptions. If she leaks anything Jared told her she'd be disciplined severely, possibly disbarred.

[Sanity Claws]

11. Jared lied to her

Jamie cannot defend him if he doesn't tell her everything. You can't mount an effective defense if relevant stuff that your client never told you about comes out.

It then looks like she is not a good attorney, when the real problem is the client and his lying.

[spanone]

10. wow, they were just talking this am how she was one of the lawyers who really knew washington.

[Brother Buzz]

12. Never, ever, lie to your lawyer

You'd assume Jared knew this, being a lawyer himself

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

30. He has a law degree, but he's primarily a real estate developer,

and likely a sleazy one. I doubt that much of what he was taught in law school mattered to him.

[Brother Buzz]

33. I'm guessing he blew off the ethics classes, too

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

34. Especially that one.

We don't need no steenking ethics.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

13. She wants to spend more time with reality.

[C_U_L8R]

14. Indefensible.

The Trumps will get all they deserve.

[onecaliberal]

15. She is sick of the liars

[MiddleClass]

16. I think she was hired to straighten out the omissions in the security clearance application

Now, probably a full-fledged criminal offense lawyer is required, to defend against a possible indictment?

Maybe Mueller informed Jarrett that he is now a target. Maybe 666 5 Avenue financing shenanigans.

A Russian CEO of the bank that is known to be Vladimir's piggy bank meeting Jarrett's secret

Other Russian mobsters turned investors?

[DeminPennswoods]

32. Yes, this

Gorelick isn't a trial lawyer, but she knows the DC bureaucracy and what needs to be done to fulfill the paperwork requirements. I'm sure she was happy to leave the whole mess behind after doing what she was hired to do.

Abbe Lowell is an experienced criminal defense lawyer although the clients mentioned in this thread didn't get off.

[MiddleClass]

38. You notice that to, that's what I was thinking, criminal lawyer for lost causes

Death penalty turned into life in prison.

20 year corruption sentence turned into five-year corruption sentence.

Five-year corruption sentence turned into 6 months + probation.

When all else fails, break glass sort of thing

[BSdetect]

17. Did she get paid for her services so far?

[exboyfil]

23. Large retainer I hope

[Goonch]

19. SAFE FAIL

[Vinca]

24. When the lawyers bail you know you're in trouble.

[Leghorn21]

26. Wow, both "Jamie Gorelick" AND "Ty Cobb" are trending in the top ten list I check - day-am! nt

[CanonRay]

27. I quit!

[lpbk2713]

28. The whole family is radioactive at this point.

No one wants anything to do with them.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

31. Gorelick is a very well-respected lawyer who has had

a top-notch career. I doubt she wants the stench of the Trump swamp stuck to her at this point in her life.

[WhiteTara]

37. Abe Lowell's clients went to jail. Good to know

Jared picked that attorney. I hope Lowell's track record keeps up.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

39. Abbe Lowell is a very, very good lawyer. Sometimes your clients are so

hopelessly guilty that there's no way you can get them off completely; you can only do damage control. Lowell might have got these clients a shorter sentence than other lawyers might have done.