Trump to Hire Lawyer Who Has Pushed Theory That Justice Dept. Framed the President

[DonViejo]

Source: The New York Times




By MAGGIE HABERMAN and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDTMARCH 19, 2018

MANCHESTER, N.H. — President Trump has decided to hire the longtime Washington lawyer Joseph E. diGenova, who has pushed the theory on television that Mr. Trump was framed by F.B.I. and Justice Department officials, to bolster his legal team, according to three people told of the decision.

Mr. diGenova is not expected to take a lead role but will instead serve as a more aggressive player on the president’s legal team. Mr. Trump broke over the weekend from the longstanding advice of some of his lawyers that he refrain from directly attacking the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, a sign of his growing unease with the investigation.

The hire has not been announced, and Mr. Trump frequently changes his mind and sometimes adjusts his plans based on media coverage. It was not clear whether Mr. Trump planned to hire other lawyers.

Mr. diGenova has endorsed the notion that a secretive group of F.B.I. agents concocted the Russia investigation as a way to keep Mr. Trump from becoming president. “There was a brazen plot to illegally exonerate Hillary Clinton and, if she didn’t win the election, to then frame Donald Trump with a falsely created crime,” he said on Fox News in January. He added, “Make no mistake about it: A group of F.B.I. and D.O.J. people were trying to frame Donald Trump of a falsely created crime.”



Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/us/politics/joseph-digenova-trump-lawyer.html

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Trump plans to hire lawyer who has endorsed idea president was framed by Justice Dept: report

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/379122-trump-plans-to-hire-lawyer-who-has-endorsed-idea-president-was-framed

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Paranoia, Mind Destroyer

Whine and whine some more

Stupid people ruin themselves

It's not the FBI's fault

[Gothmog]

2. diGenova is conspiracy nutcase of a lawyer

[WhiteTara]

3. Alright. Let's sweep those nasty vermin

into Mueller's net. This could be a GIANT cleanup.

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. Filthy fucking assholes

[randr]

5. You know the trumpets will be swallowing this pile of horse shit

hook, line, and sinker. The whole issue will turn on this fake news myth and the real issue of our voting integrity will be lost in translation.
We need a united group of past public officials from both parties to take a stand asap and take off the gloves and start swinging.

[erronis]

20. but the trumpettes only listen to captive airwaves

They won't see different views on their "real" news. And if they do it's easily dismissed as libral media.

When the people of conscience from across the US spectrum boycott companies that support these purveyors of falsehoods, then there will be action.

Even the Kochs and Mercers with their billions stowed overseas and underground could not deal with a total loss of income from real US people.

Even better, when the countries around the world realize what a disease the repuglicans and rw enablers and putin have inflicted upon this country; when they realize this and realize that the rot will spread, they will join in and embargo financial trading in these peoples/corporations assets.

This can happen and should happen. It is the only way to bring down the plutocracies that have infected the world.

[C_U_L8R]

6. Oh geez another teevee lawyer from Faux

Every time it seems that Trump couldn't be a bigger fool, he hauls off and does something dumber. Keep digging Donny.

[Ccarmona]

7. Get All These Sycophants Out Into the Open

So when King Donnie goes down, they’ll go down with him. They won’t be able to do their verbal sniping from the cheap seats after the fact.

[Achilleaze]

8. "I gots to have better liars. The best liars." - Dirty Donny* (R)

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[janx]

9. Sounds like a rumor so far.

But if he does hire this guy, it will probably be on a PR basis so that DeGenova will be making the rounds on talking head programs.

[The Wizard]

10. Joseph E. diGenova And his wife Victoria Toensing

are known bullshit artists and terrible lawyers. The reason Trump can only hire second hand lawyers is because his penchant for stiffing those who provide services is well known. The only reason a lawyer would work for him is the promise of a book deal down the road.

[winstars]

14. Scumbags hiring scumbags, not surprising. Dig up Roy Cohn while you are at it

I'm sure Roy Cohn's skeleton will still be a scumbag!!!

[poboy2]

11. On retainer from InfoWars, perhaps?

[CelticWinter]

12. tRump and friends

having a bad Monday. Let me sing "My heart cries for You".....NOT!!!!!!!!
Celtic

[groundloop]

13. "Trump frequently changes his mind and sometimes adjusts his plans based on media coverage"

In other words he's an untrustworthy liar who makes stuff up to suit the occasion.

[louis-t]

15. Ole' Joe claimed Bill Clinton sent thugs after him

and tried to attack him and his wife at his home. Ah jeez...

[rickford66]

16. Don't worry. You know he'll say or do something really stupid or disgusting.

He's one of the "best" people Trump hires.

[bitterross]

17. The insane leading the more insane. But which is which?

Two peas in a pod of crazy.

[emulatorloo]

18. Professional GOP Hack and Liar.

[Nitram]

19. This is good. Another deluded incompetent in Dump's employ.

The more the merrier.

[FakeNoose]

21. I sure hope this guy signs Trump's NDA

Otherwise we'll be listening to this blather until kingdom come.

[Judi Lynn]

24. Perfect gif. Beautiful. Thanks. n/t

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

22. And they thought Ross Perot was nuts

[Maeve]

23. Right! If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit!!eom