Can Flood Be Disbarred Over This

[Me.]

[notdarkyet]

1. I want to know too.

[Alethia Merritt]

2. Why should he be disbarred? The President ordered him there. Trump should be impeached is the answer

If this obstruction of justice and disrespecting the law is not an abuse of power than nothing is.

[Cattledog]

3. Following orders is never an excuse.

[OliverQ]

22. He's a private lawyer. Trump can't make him do anything unethical unless he chooses to.

He chose to and likely violated ethical legal standards. He should be disbarred.

[procon]

4. Is the U.S. Office of Government Ethics still open?

They're suppose to hold the executive branch accountable for matters of ethics. With everything Trump is up to they're probably all catatonic by now.

[MontanaMama]

5. The stunt Flood and Kelly

pulled today is outrageous. And once again, no accountability. What the fuck was the Justice Dept thinking having this meeting??? I’m more terrified than ever.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Depends on whether he violated one of the rules of professional conduct

that lawyers have to follow, or if he committed a crime. Flood is a very experienced lawyer with a good reputation, though, and I should think he'd have carefully considered his legal and ethical obligations before agreeing to go to the meeting.

[marylandblue]

7. It's not unethical for him to show up at a meeting

It would have been illegal for Rosenstein to allow him to stay. The information is classified and therefore he was not entitled to it. Trump could have legitimately fired Rosenstein for it, even though Trump told Flood to go to the meeting.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. According to MSNBC, Flood and Kelly did not stay for the meeting

but only made some preliminary remarks and then left. Whether that's true, or whether they will get any classified info over the transom later, remains to be seen.

[marylandblue]

9. Adam Schiff confirmed that they left early

But I am sure Nunes will tell them everything.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Nunes would have told them everything even if they hadn't shown up.

[Calista241]

11. Flood could very well have clearance.

[marylandblue]

12. I read somewhere that he doesn't

But since he does work in the White House now, he'll probably have it soon.

[Calista241]

14. Trump can give him one with the stroke of a pen.

Of all the people in that white house, i'm least threatened by Flood seeing classified information. Flood is a top tier lawyer, with a long history of treating his clients fairly, and representing them to the best of his ability. Including both Democrats and Republicans.

[Me.]

21. Shouldn't He Know Better Then?

[former9thward]

13. No.

It is not unethical to go to a meeting. If the DOJ did not want someone at the meeting they should have said so. No one was holding a gun to their head. From the news coverage it seems he was not in the substance part of the meeting anyway.

[Me.]

16. But Did They Know He Was Coming

The list didn't mention him.

[janx]

15. I doubt it.

He did not stay for the meeting but appeared as a show of force (a message from Trump) with Kelly before the meeting officially started.

Bad and obvious political form, but nothing to get disbarred over.

[Mr. Ected]

17. Nah. It was just another stupid Trump stunt.

Like when he had all of those Bill Clinton accusers show up at the presidential debate to rattle HRC. Typical mob MO.

[Me.]

18. Also..He's Not Trump's Personal Lawyer

“Unlike former New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and conservative lawyer Jay Sekulow, who represent Trump personally, Flood will be responsible for shielding the institution of the presidency and the White House from legal problems.”

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-emmet-flood-20180506-story.html

This was also mentioned on MSNBC so what was he doing at that meeting however briefly

[librechik]

19. castration is the normal remedy for what Flood did.

Just not among those called human beings.

[Kirk Lover]

20. Whether he is allowed or not the optics are awful and it just STINKS. nt