I had been under the assumption that the Trump attorneys weren’t the best in the business based on what has happened in this case so far. But any attorney that can think up and say something that stupid out loud, with a straight face, deserves an award.
I think it was in a brief. So, they could write it down while snickering.
I can’t be too critical; I used to represent rapists and murderers, but I must say, you’d have to sell your soul to represent people in this group. Public Defenders are standing up for the constitutional rights of all of us. These lawyers are looking for a big paycheck.
they need to look elsewhere for a big paycheck. they will not find a paycheck with this crew.
One would hope they got a huuuuge retainer up front – and the check cleared – before getting to work on the case.
IIRC, Kise, the lawyer who was objecting to the law clerk, got a $3M retainer to work for Trump. At least that’s what everyone thought he’d gotten; it wasn’t announced by the Trump team. He’s supposedly a good lawyer, so I’m not sure why he’s making an issue of the clerk.
I would guess it’s because Trump told him “I can’t attack the clerk, so now you are going to.”
Very little the defense atyorneys are doing is meant to sway the judge. They know they’re fucked. Now, it’s just putting on a show for Trump and MAGA, so that they can ignore reality and pretend the judge/clerk/entire court system is out to get them. The fake martyrdom to further grift the rubes.
They’ve done their version of a cost/benefit analysis and decided that up to (say) 100G in fines will accomplish the goal of getting Engoron so pissed off he scolds them, which in turn will pay for itself in rubes getting grifted for 100G and making it seems that the judge was biased against Trump all along.
The documents are what they are, the evidence is what it is, and the case is a loser for Trump on its face. The only thing they can gain from it is the judge making statements that they can then play as proof that he was always disposed against them.
At this point they are trying to set up a Hail Mary appeal. It won’t work, but it’s all they’ve got.
Shockingly, Ivanka’s hard luck story didn’t fly with the Appellate Court:
Quite right. But it’s not merely to grift the rubes.
It’s to get the rubes votes and make trump president again. Because the rubes are convinced that only their avenging angel of death and graft can Drain the Swamp. A Swamp that exists only in Trump’s head that he can drain after the inauguration just by saying it’s gone.
Thanks for this.
I was reading through the thread an thought to myself, “What does a court clerk actually do? I should post this question and tag @Aspenglow since she would know.” Then 12 posts later, without my having to even lift a finger, there it is. How nice of the Dope to anticipate my every need. I love this place.
It’s behind the mayo in the fridge.
Thanks, I’d been looking for that left sneaker all week.
No, he wouldn’t kill that golden goose so quickly when it can lay political golden eggs for years to come. His valiant fight (and that of the GOP) against Big Swamp will continue until he dies.
True.
He will however keep announcing great victories over the Hydra. Which somehow, no matter how beaten or cowed, always comes back tomorrow with renewed vigor and hatred for the Common Man. And their Savior Hero.
why does she need a babysitter? she has a husband and the children have a father, this is a double parent household. the kids are 12-7 ish.
Gosh, now that means in my years of watching Night Court I actually learned something.
Wait a minute, Ivanka has Children? I’m not religious, but God help us all.
there are 10 trump grand children so far.