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MarineCombatEngineer

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Fri Aug 19, 2022, 05:51 PM Aug 2022

Alan Dershowitz says every reputable attorney he's spoken with has told him their firms 'won't let t [View all]

Alan Dershowitz, the lawyer who defended former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial, told Insider that most reputable law firms aren't letting their attorneys go anywhere near Trump as his legal issues snowball.

"All big firm lawyers have told me that their firms won't let them do it," Dershowitz said in an interview. "The firms won't let them go near any case involving Trump. These are firms that want to continue to have clients, and they know that if they represent Donald Trump, they'll lose a lot of clients."

Dershowitz spoke from experience.

After he represented Trump in his second Senate impeachment trial following the deadly January 6 Capitol riot, Dershowitz said he lost job opportunities and many of his speaking engagements.

"Everybody who has called me has shown reluctance to do it," he said. "They say their law firms won't let them do it. Their husbands or wives won't let them do it. Their children won't let them do it. Their friends won't let them do it even though they want to do it.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/alan-dershowitz-says-every-reputable-attorney-he-s-spoken-with-has-told-him-their-firms-won-t-let-them-go-anywhere-near-trump/ar-AA10QZ2G?cvid=6db301df654a417e9e2ce37ade638ba6

Wait, didn't Benedict Donald just say recently that this was a lie? That big firm lawyers weren't refusing to represent him?
Another lie by Benedict Donald?
I'm shocked I tells ya, just shocked.

Even Alan Dershowitz says it's true.
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Even their worst enemies won't let them. nt Xipe Totec Aug 2022 #1
The rats are all jumping! Scrivener7 Aug 2022 #2
Yep, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #3
I heard on Morning Joe.... SergeStorms Aug 2022 #52
inquiring minds want to know MOMFUDSKI Aug 2022 #22
Oh great!!! MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #28
🤮🤮🤮🤮 COL Mustard Aug 2022 #63
NAILED IT!!!!! MyOwnPeace Aug 2022 #29
Who kept his undies in a bucket...(I've got nuthin'). rubbersole Aug 2022 #40
Aw, NOW you've done it! MyOwnPeace Aug 2022 #43
I'm sorry. Very 😞 sorry. rubbersole Aug 2022 #46
You should be look what you made Peace do. Twoflower Aug 2022 #66
Peace is a poet. rubbersole Aug 2022 #67
😆😆😆 MerryBlooms Aug 2022 #73
😆😆😆 MerryBlooms Aug 2022 #72
Dershowitz, the market is telling you it is past time to make a graceful exit. Nt spooky3 Aug 2022 #4
They are simply worried about being paid waddirum Aug 2022 #5
And the potential loss of clients, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #7
That's Probably The Bigger Issue ProfessorGAC Aug 2022 #16
I bet it is! calimary Aug 2022 #20
you'd have a wide range of choices, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #23
When I worked in a big law firm, they used to ask for retainer up front. Claustrum Aug 2022 #26
And yet he did and does routinely refuse to pay his bills, which is why, Hortensis Aug 2022 #36
I looked at some of his payment toward those big firms back then (one of them is Jones Day). Claustrum Aug 2022 #39
No, he doesn't get away with it. They don't represent him. Hortensis Aug 2022 #42
I reckon "even though they want to do it" part is a lie. Midnight Writer Aug 2022 #6
His fellow lawyer losers, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #8
Amazingly enough, I am STILL....... MyOwnPeace Aug 2022 #34
" .. even though they want to do it." Um .. no, Alan. stopdiggin Aug 2022 #9
Exactly FakeNoose Aug 2022 #61
Just tell IQ 45 he can get a pubic defender for free if he is indigent.. GreenWave Aug 2022 #10
LOL MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #11
Sure, he can just pay the standard reimbursal rate even if not indigent Ponietz Aug 2022 #18
I thought polite society wasn't speaking to Professor Underpants. Marcuse Aug 2022 #12
Just enough to tell him to get bent and get lost. nt MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #14
Having a reputation for stiffing your lawyers doesn't help vlyons Aug 2022 #13
That would be hilarious. MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #15
I could not be happier that Shitstain Dershowitz NoMoreRepugs Aug 2022 #17
+100. nt MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #19
Sure Alan, everything was peachy keen for you gratuitous Aug 2022 #21
Alan, I kept my tidy whitey's on, Dershowitz just another disgraced Trump/Epstein Pepsidog Aug 2022 #32
You bet. WinstonSmith4740 Aug 2022 #38
I'm really sick of his whining CatWoman Aug 2022 #24
Well, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #25
Did Dershowitz even get paid? KentuckyWoman Aug 2022 #27
As a criminal defense attorney I have represented some pretty nasty people and believe we are all Pepsidog Aug 2022 #30
Why doesn't Mark Levin represent Trump? Frasier Balzov Aug 2022 #31
How about Judge Napalitano? BidenRocks Aug 2022 #54
Not to mention Saul Goodman I guess. Frasier Balzov Aug 2022 #68
Wadeuminute, won't the county provide him an attorney? jaxexpat Aug 2022 #33
Its a lost cause and he welches on paying. Historic NY Aug 2022 #35
He's just a total nightmare of a client Warpy Aug 2022 #37
You don't want to get Trump cooties do you? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2022 #41
Karma came to Dersh.. Does this also mean Cha Aug 2022 #44
Good 'Ole Dersh, running with the herd....... MyOwnPeace Aug 2022 #48
Lol! Can you believe Cha Aug 2022 #60
Actually, Alan, most DON'T want to do it.... paleotn Aug 2022 #45
"Dershowitz said he lost job opportunities and many of his speaking engagements." BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #47
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸WHAT A FINE MORAL MAN WE HAVE AS THE HEAD OF OUR NATION🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 spanone Aug 2022 #49
I hope tour fingers didn't get all bent out if shape typing... electric_blue68 Aug 2022 #57
I cut & paste too, but the first time....I didn't know either. spanone Aug 2022 #59
You mean Epstein's buddy who fucked minors but was "only in his underwear"? Seriously? Evolve Dammit Aug 2022 #50
This message was self-deleted by its author electric_blue68 Aug 2022 #51
I think you meant your reply for post 49. MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #53
Ooooops Hi MCE I'll switch it electric_blue68 Aug 2022 #55
No problem. MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #56
👍 electric_blue68 Aug 2022 #58
Alan has gone from COL Mustard Aug 2022 #62
Perfect. MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #64
Dude, take fucking clue. Swede Aug 2022 #65
Lol @ husbands, wives, children won't let them do it ecstatic Aug 2022 #69
Let's see, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #71
Every reputable attorney? I guess he isn't one. LiberalFighter Aug 2022 #70
"even though they want to do it" msfiddlestix Aug 2022 #74
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