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LastLiberal in PalmSprings

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20. If it's a large law firm, his work could have absolutely nothing to do with the Trump Org.

Reply to stillcool (Reply #19)

Mon Feb 25, 2019, 06:25 PM

Feb 2019

It's like when I tell people where I went to college (which had 22,000 students then) and they ask, "Do you know so-and-so?" (I usually tell them, "Yeah, they were my pusher at school.&quot

Unless they can prove a causal nexus between his work at the law firm and the Trump Organization, they're pretty much shouting at the wind.

Besides, using the words "ethics" and "Trump" in the same sentence is the ultimate oxymoron.

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that doesn't sound good.. stillcool Feb 2019 #8

Where does it say the lawyer represented Trump? Kaleva Feb 2019 #12

in the 2nd paragraph stillcool Feb 2019 #19

If it's a large law firm, his work could have absolutely nothing to do with the Trump Org. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Feb 2019 #20

But that doesn't say the lawyer had anything to do representing Trump Kaleva Feb 2019 #21

no...it says the law firm.. stillcool Feb 2019 #22

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