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mahatmakanejeeves

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Thu Sep 7, 2017, 11:04 AM Sep 2017

Ty Cobb's Hilarious Emails And What They Say About Biglaw

Ty Cobb’s Hilarious Emails And What They Say About Biglaw

Cobb may be an "adult," but he doesn't understand email basics.

By KATHRYN RUBINO
at 10:43 AM

OMG — you guys… Ty Cobb, the former Hogan and Lovells partner who left the firm to join Donald Trump’s legal defense team, is embroiled in an hilarious email scandal. As first reported by Business Insider, Cobb decided to engage in an email exchange with noted troll and ramen shop owner Jeff Jetton.

Jetton emailed Cobb at his White House email address to express his… displeasure at the lawyers representing Trump. To be fair, Jetton’s emails are vulgar and crude, including tidbits like, “Have fun choking Trump’s nutsack.” And, “I wish you nothing but joy when his hairy testicles get caught up in your throat.” A delight, really. But Cobb decided to respond, at least to the non-dick sucking parts.

Included in the exchange are real concerns about the current political landscape:

{snip, but it goes downhill from there}

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Ty Cobb's Hilarious Emails And What They Say About Biglaw (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2017 OP
The best people! Only THE BEST! underpants Sep 2017 #1
So far he is the only one of trump's lawyers not to need a lawyer himself. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2017 #2

dixiegrrrrl

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2. So far he is the only one of trump's lawyers not to need a lawyer himself.
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 02:36 PM
Sep 2017

From the looks of that exchange and then stupid defense of it, that won't last long.

I do like that Trump has such stupid lawyers.

I do not like that he is packing the Federal courts with idjits like these, tho.

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