Discussion: Trump Hires Another Lawyer For Russia Legal Team

And we’re paying for it, right? Donald doesn’t pay for anything he doesn’t think he should pay for.

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Doesn’t matter how many he hires if he doesn’t listen to them.

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As someone said yesterday, it’s lawyers all the way down. Nice to know he’s used to representing crooked politicians.

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Indirectly I suppose. Taxpayers paying for Mar A Lago visits which is then supposedly used to pay lawyers. Supposedly because Trump doesn’t actually pay bills.

Edit: Trump will have to pay Dowd. He’s a solo practitioner and unlikely inclined to write off.

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Kasowitz tells White House staffers not to get lawyers, then MANGOTUS lawyers up. Hint to staffers: You are being set up and might, just might, go to the Special Counsel now while you can.

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Too bad Johnny Cochran is dead and no longer available. I can here the closing argument now:

“If the President’s a TWIT, you must Acquit!”

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A Trump trial would be the biggest thing since Nuremberg.
He’d bring all his dignity to the affair…

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O.T. But, Nevada, you need to think about getting a new, Democratic Gov.

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There’s always Bruce Cutler.

From my perspective hiring Dowd is very disappointing. I was rather enjoying the parade of pompous, narcissistic incompetents.

That’s why all the A-list DC attorneys are clamoring to join the team — Mueller’s.

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What kind of reputation does Dowd have?

@tiowally You’d think that the first rule from any serious attorney would be to stop tweeting about the case.

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(ETA after a bit of research) Not-so Stellar. That’s why Still I’ll be surprised if he stays very long.

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Bit more information about him in NYT

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Probably got a payment upfront.

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Dowd’s record for getting off high profile ‘offenders’ is not sterling, as Rachel Maddow pointed out last night. John McCain escaped Senate discipline because his Keating Five peccadilloes occurred when he was a Congressman. Maybe Trump would be be better off with Richard Fish.

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Why not Dershowitz? Sure seems like Dersh wants the job.

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Bummer. And the lege only meets every other year.

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Imagine Trump’s disappointment when he learned that Arthur Branch had died. He hasn’t given up though - hopes to persuade Jack McCoy to come out of retirement.

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Donald Trump - bringing jobs back to America, with one lawsuit after another.

And I had thought the legal profession was dead…

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Dowd represented Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on the congressional ethics charges in the “Keating Five” probe.

I always thought that it was spelled the “Cheating Five.”

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