Holy moly that's a lot of attorneys.

[bigtree]

Pete Strzok @petestrzok 6h
Holy moly that's a lot of attorneys.
All "appeared in subpoenas pertinent to one or another of the investigations into Trump, and a surprising number have testified before grand juries, including at least three with (Executive Privilege) waivers."

emptywheel @emptywheel 5h
This post includes a list of the at-least 31 lawyers implicated in CURRENT investigations into Trump, either as witnesses or subjects. It doesn't include people (like Kash Patel) who have JDs but weren't claiming to use them.

I'm sure I'm missing a few.

Link to tweet

Happy Crime-Fraud Exception Day, for Those Who Celebrate
https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/03/24/happy-crime-fraud-exception-day-for-those-who-celebrate/

[FakeNoose]

1. K & R bookmarking

These are just the ones on his private payroll.

There's another long list of lawyers who were being paid by Uncle Sam to work at the White House.

Thanks!

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Organized Crime Party.

You don't get organized without a bunch of lawyers willing to commit felonies in your name. Where's Rudy's name on this list....seems he ought to have top billing, Hope they all get sentencedd for their legal support of a person trying to to overthrow our USG.

[Mr. Ected]

5. Rudy weighs in at #2

With Michael Cohen heading up the list.

[OAITW r.2.0]

9. oops. my bad...scanned too quickly.

[liberalla]

6. Top billing went to Michael Cohen... Rudy only earned 2nd place!

He's #2 !!!

[OAITW r.2.0]

10. Scanned too quickly....my bad.

[Wednesdays]

24. He looks like #2, too...

An OOZING #2.

[grumpyduck]

3. "Only the best people." nt

[Warpy]

4. It is supposed to be intimidating

but when he hires attorneys like Guiliani, Powell, Habba, and so many others, it's more farce than anything else.

[crickets]

7. That's quite a list. K&R

[Wounded Bear]

8. MAGA - Making Attorneys Get Attorneys...

[Alice Kramden]

26. LOL n/t

[WestMichRad]

11. Charter members of the lawyers' Hall of Shame

Nt

[Fiendish Thingy]

12. And people wonder why it's taken so long

31 lawyers, each with EP/attorney client privilege claims to be resolved, and almost all with seized encrypted devices…easy peasy, slam dunk, should’ve been indicted two years ago, amirite?



Today’s emptywheel post is a perfect example of why it’s taken so long, and why people should check emptywheel regularly for clear, detailed summaries of all available public information.

Thanks for posting!

[ancianita]

13. Seems impossible that pendejo45 could run for anything when he's flailing in an ocean of lawyers.

from Pogo and Politico

Lindsey Halligan (FL docs) James Trusty, Christopher Kise (FL docs & DC Jan 6) , Ron Fischetti (NY), Drew Findling (GA), Dwight Thomas (GA), Jennifer Little (GA), John Rowley (DC Jan 6), William Consovoy, Patrick Strawbridge, and Cameron Norris (tfg's tax returns), Habba and Michael T. Madaio (Trump v Clinton), Jesse Binnall (Jan 6 Capitol Police v Trump), Timothy Parlatore (Hunter Biden laptop).

(some past lawyers: Jeff Sessions, John Dowd, Ty Cobb, Pam Bondi, Sekulow, Dershowitz, Kellyanne Conway, Richard Painter (WH days)... I give up)

[Hekate]

14. Holy Moly indeed

[republianmushroom]

15. Wonder how many got stiffed.

[erronis]

20. But just think - they can hang a sign in their cell saying "Former Counsel to the President"

[Cheezoholic]

16. Trumpistan

Where attorneys go to die

[calimary]

17. At this point, I'm surprised he can get anybody to defend him on anything.

Bad guy, bad reputation, bad record for paying people what he owes them, just plain BAD.

I bet some of them actually think "I can change him". I've heard female friends and strangers alike say that about whoever they dated or married - and it ALWAYS ended badly. NOBODY changes unless they want to, and change for THEMSELVES, not for anybody they're involved with, family or otherwise.

[Nasruddin]

25. Ride that tiger

There's always another sucker that thinks she/he can ride the tiger - it must be a natural law.

[dchill]

18. ...that's a lot of CROOKED attorneys!

[H2O Man]

19. Recommended.

On edit: There almost seems to be a pattern here.

[spanone]

21. Trump leadership PAC spent more than $16 million on legal services in 2022

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/21/politics/trump-leadership-pac-legal-services-2022/index.html

[SWBTATTReg]

22. I wonder if there's a provision in the constitution that prohibits anyone that's had 30+ lawyers

(or more) from running for public office. Anyone that needs to have so many lawyers, seriously makes me wonder about them and what exactly what are they up to, and why we should ever listen to them ever? I jest, but this is just my suspicious nature on so many lawyers and such, having to rep a person...it does make one wonder seriously...

[randr]

23. When all is said and done

It would be interesting to see how much of the family fortune was lost on lawyers. They are like barnacles on the ship of Trump and just like barnacles they will go down with the ship.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

27. wow