Trump really is stupid if he´s relying on this grifter and grandstander for his legal counsel. All he knows how to do is foment a sense of grievance in the religious rubes so that he can shake then down for contributions to his ¨legal foundation¨, i.e., his family enrichment plan.
"…we have no reason to believe that the President is under investigation here,”
Just like the POTUS didn’t have any involvement in crafting Fredo’s initial statement… other than dictating it?
Keep the dream alive.
No, it isn’t a surprise at all, you despicable excuse for a human being Jay Sekalow. It’s also no surprise that Trump is screaming at the top of his lungs at anyone who comes with 10 feet of him while John Kelly tries to hold on to Donald’s wrists to prevent him from Tweeting something incriminating for the grand jury to use.
It won’t be a surprise when he indicts your client’s ass, either.
“It is really very much standard operating procedure.”
Right before your client is arrested and indicted.
Trump really is stupid.
There. I fixed it for you.
“self-hating Jew” is a very offensive phrase. I politely request you not use it.
I’ll bet the Grand Jury room is a dump, too.
OK. But he is, and you know it.
The modern Republican Party is composed of self-haters - self-hating gays, women, blacks, Hispanics, Jews, etc. How else could they work against their own self-interests and demean themselves and the people around them when they control the levers of power?
I deleted the phrase, but I don’t apologize for using it.
I appreciate your concision 
Let me be very clear. I hate the man. I also hate the phrase.
Would you use the N-word in polite company? Do not use that phrase.
IOW Sucksatlaw was surprised until an unpaid intern pointed out that "Empaneling of a grand jury in situations like this, when you’ve got an *investigation, is typically how a prosecutor moves forward. It’s standard operating procedure.”
*This would be the investigation in which Sucksatlaw categorically denies his boss is a target.
I gotta admit, I have never heard the term used other than as ad hominem cudgel in an argument
To me it’s got huge anti-Semitic overtones. It’s typically used by Zionists to delegitimize Jewish critics of Israel, but it comes up in other contexts as well.
In my mind, it’s completely unacceptable. Always.
Just as a reminder folks.
The grand jury being impaneled means this is now officially a criminal matter. You don’t impanel grand juries for counterintelligence investigations.
Excellent point, @lestatdelc.
Of course it’s no surprise. Rosenstein was chosen for a reason, Trump and Jeff Sessions trust he will relay anything of significance that Mueller is up to:
Rosenstein has done little so far to demonstrate his independence from the president — indeed, his remarkably flimsy
memo justifying the Comey firing suggests just the opposite. And recall that under the Reno rules, Mueller must tip off Rosenstein at least 72 hours before taking virtually any step of significance. That means Rosenstein can stop Mueller in his tracks at every step of the way — or, less confrontationally, alert the White House to impending developments in the case. It’s hard to conduct a solid investigation when someone so close to your target knows your every move well in advance.
I apologize for using it, which is more than I can say for Jay Sekulow, a man raised in the Jewish faith who converted in college and became a Messianic Jew, defending a man who employs known anti-Semites in his administration.
So I guess I can call him a kapo instead, and I am not apologizing for that, baby!
“Jay Sekulow,
a member of President Donald Trump’s outside legal teamserial liar, televangelist huckster, and soulless spawn of Beelzebub who would flay his own mother, given a high-enough daily close on human-leather futures…”
Fixed.