Trump is scrambling to find an experienced team of attorneys to defend him amid mounting legal crises. “Everyone is saying no,” a prominent Republican lawyer said.
in June certifying that Trump had returned all classified documents to the National Archives after a grand jury subpoena was issued in the case. Investigators subsequently learned from inside sources that there were still classified documents at the resort. It’s unclear which of Trump’s attorneys signed the document.
“You get these guys who just live to be around him, and mistakes get made,” an unnamed attorney told the“Either the attorney acted in good faith on what turned out to be false factual representations made by Mr. Trump or someone else communicating on his behalf, in which case Mr.
Trump, who has faced myriad legal scandals from two impeachments to local criminal investigations, has repeatedly struggled to find elite attorneys to represent him. “In olden days, he would tell firms representing him was a benefit because they could advertise off it. Today it’s not the same,” former Trump lawyer-turned-critic Michael Cohen told the. “He’s also a very difficult client in that he’s always pushing the envelope, he rarely listens to sound legal advice, and he wants you to do things that are not appropriate, ethically or legally.”
Another attorney recalled Trump’s legal team urging him to avoid tweeting about the Mueller investigation early in his presidency only to see a tweet about it before they even got to the end of the White House driveway. “Several people said Trump was nearly impossible to represent and that it would be unclear if they would ever get paid,” the“This is not good,” one Trump confidant told the outlet. “Something big is going to pop. Somebody needs to be in charge.
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