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"Suicide mission": Trump reportedly turned down by lawyers because his "case is a certain loser"
Suicide mission: Trump reportedly turned down by lawyers because his case is a certain loser"Infamously difficult client" Trump is struggling to replace top attorneys who abruptly resigned last month
Former President Donald Trump is struggling to find enough lawyers to defend him in a mounting number of legal cases, according to Rolling Stone.
Trump, who has been indicted in connection to the 2016 campaign hush-money payments in Manhattan and the Mar-a-Lago documents case, faces potential indictments for his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in D.C. and Georgia. But Trump's effort to recruit new lawyers to defend him has been "fraught," in part because Trump is an "infamously difficult client," sources told the outlet.

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"Suicide mission": Trump reportedly turned down by lawyers because his "case is a certain loser" (Original Post)
ItsjustMe
Jul 2023
OP
Plus, he probably doesn't pay them unless they're smart enough to get their money up front.
Lonestarblue
Jul 2023
#3
Exactly. Or Mark Levin. He talks 3 hours a day on the radio about what a weak case this is.
Midnight Writer
Jul 2023
#6
Who wouldn't want to take on an impossible case for an asshole client who won't pay you anyway?
Midnight Writer
Jul 2023
#7
He should just hire Aileen Cannon, and then he can have her as both judge AND attorney.
NBachers
Jul 2023
#13
bucolic_frolic
(55,842 posts)1. He will simply have to serve as his own counsel.
Permanut
(8,576 posts)2. Fraught with portent, as Bullwinkle would say..
Eddie Fraught and George Portent, that is.
magicarpet
(19,422 posts)11. Is there enough popcorn on the entire planet,...
..... to meet the expected demand ?
usonian
(26,596 posts)16. Working just as fast as I can.

Lonestarblue
(13,561 posts)3. Plus, he probably doesn't pay them unless they're smart enough to get their money up front.
no_hypocrisy
(55,390 posts)4. And he'd likely sue them for malpractice
when he loses.
BigmanPigman
(55,528 posts)5. Why doesn't he ask Alan Dershowitz
to work for him for free.
Midnight Writer
(25,753 posts)6. Exactly. Or Mark Levin. He talks 3 hours a day on the radio about what a weak case this is.
cab67
(3,848 posts)20. Dershowitz has already said 'no'
according to the article.
Midnight Writer
(25,753 posts)7. Who wouldn't want to take on an impossible case for an asshole client who won't pay you anyway?
You might learn some skills that you will find of personal benefit in your own life.
usonian
(26,596 posts)8. With the SAG strike ...
What the hell?

doc03
(39,187 posts)10. Doesn't Keanu kind of look like Jarod Kushner in that photo nt
usonian
(26,596 posts)15. I've never seen his high school portrait.
Pacino sure would add a touch of class.
Eastman even wears a clown suit.
doc03
(39,187 posts)9. Jackie Chiles is looking for work
usonian
(26,596 posts)14. outrageous, egregious, preposterous
Fullduplexxx
(8,633 posts)12. Ooooo melanoma is gonna be really angry now
NBachers
(19,576 posts)13. He should just hire Aileen Cannon, and then he can have her as both judge AND attorney.
orthoclad
(4,818 posts)19. Already done.
Skittles
(172,895 posts)17. it's not just his CASE that's a loser
DONALD TRUMP IS A FUCKING LOSER
keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)18. More donations! More donations!
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