So what is the real reason Trusty and Rowley

[BootinUp]

Resigned? I’m thinking it’s just a stall tactic. Of course I know next to nothing about lawyering.

[kentuck]

1. There might have been a little finger-pointing and chaos....?

...in their meeting?

Maybe they were the ones that told him he would never be indicted?

[Quakerfriend]

2. Trusty was pretty pissy on CNN last night-

I suspect they know they have no defense.

[emulatorloo]

4. ++++

[emulatorloo]

3. They know they'll lose. And are jumping off the sinking ship.

[underpants]

5. Jim Trusty and John Rowley this morning

[BootinUp]

7. Lol. Ok.

[RockRaven]

6. Given TFG's persistent refusal to turn over stolen docs, conspiracy to obstruct etc, they might be

witnesses whose attorney-client privilege can be pierced (I don't know the timeline of when they got involved and don't care enough to look it up). Can't be a witness and represent the defendant at the same time.

[getagrip_already]

8. to spend more time with their famlies.....

And their lawyers....

Some of these lawyers may have crossed ethical boundaries, or not and they don't want to.

[Johnny2X2X]

9. The misplayed things badly

They were totally not paying attention to FL when that where the indictment was always coming from, the got caught sleeping. I think they were forced to resign.

[republianmushroom]

10. Maybe they haven't been paid.

[tulipsandroses]

11. They don't want to go down in history as the lawyers that lost & he went to prison

That is a heavy burden.

[NowISeetheLight]

12. Worried

I wonder what crimes Trump asked THEM to commit ir cover up. They were smart.

[Mordred]

13. Forced Resignations

They were basically fired but allowed to resign for appearances.

They were pushed out because their chief job was to prevent Trump from being indicted and failed. Trump doesn't want losers/failures to defend him going forward and at trial. They are the scapegoats since Trump is incapable of blaming himself.

[BootinUp]

14. Quite Logical. Nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. A) Pre-trial lawyers, not trial; B) Nobody likes losing open-shut cases. . . . nt

[tinrobot]

16. The checks bounced... again.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

18. Stop. Lawyers aren't that stupid.

At least not about him anymore. No lawyer now will take him on without a massive retainer up front, I'm guessing 10million, minimum, paid through wire transfer that would go to a "front" account that would automatically transfer the entire depoit to the real account, to keep him from revoking or canceling that payment before the firm could lock it down.

I know a defense attorney. That's how she gets paid, always. You know why?

Because you never trust a check or credit card from a known criminal or fraudster.

Not ever.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

17. If you are named counsel in a criminal trial, you cannot withdraw without court approval

You need to have a good retainer in place before being officially named as counsel

[Jersey Devil]

19. Yep, they probably demanded a hefty retainer to accompany him to Miami and were rebuffed

No way an experienced criminal attorney would enter an appearance in court for any defendant without a good portion of their fees being paid in advance. Otherwise they could be stuck working for months (maybe years in this case) for free if a judge didn't allow them to withdraw once entering an appearance.

[onenote]

20. Boris Epshteyn

He's the reason Parlatore quit and probably also the reason Trusty and Rowley quit.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

21. Here are some observations from Andrew Weismann

Link to tweet

[BootinUp]

23. I did see this one after the thread was started

and I think the most likely explanation is probably the money. And I understood the point about needing the judges permission to resign.

[Stinky The Clown]

22. I've always thought his lawyer rotations were delay tactics.

Like you, I know next to nothing about lawyering.