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Jarqui

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18. Potentially, an interesting point about that made here:

Thu Mar 30, 2023, 01:07 PM

Mar 2023

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Lisa Rubin@lawofruby 15h
Replying to @lawofruby
p.s. A veteran lawyer tells me that while an engagement letter can relieve a company of its obligation to pay for legal fees in certain circumstances, the company cannot unilaterally fire an individual’s counsel. Hoping we can clarify how and why the legal team exited.

There would be major ethical/conflict of interest issues raised against the lawyer and Trump org if the lawyer's services were taken away from Weisselberg at the whim of Trump org without the approval of Weisselberg. It is possible they had a weird contract to allow such a thing (not sure the contract could be upheld) but pretty unlikely. When you can afford to pay a $2 mil tax repayment like Weisselberg did, you can afford your own lawyer.

I'd say that is another part of the Daily Beast story that smells.

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Manhattan DA Insiders Worry the Trump Hush Money Case Is Weak Sauce [View all] gldstwmn Mar 2023 OP

I say BS, gab13by13 Mar 2023 #1

No one is certain what is going on gldstwmn Mar 2023 #7

A rare case where we disagree. This whole thing about the lawyer is being wildly Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #10

Ugh. That is not good news. gldstwmn Mar 2023 #19

I'm not convinced that is the whole story at all Jarqui Mar 2023 #2

What about money laundering? tblue37 Mar 2023 #4

Certainly a significant possibility Jarqui Mar 2023 #6

Great post. Thanks for this. gldstwmn Mar 2023 #8

Weisselberg just became harder to flip with the new lawyer. Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #9

To me, that smells like Trump's spin. Jarqui Mar 2023 #12

Lol! And I actually think THIS is trump spin. Daily Beast says sources are saying Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #13

Weisselberg is in danger Jarqui Mar 2023 #14

Here's the indictment he plead guilty to: Jarqui Mar 2023 #17

Potentially, an interesting point about that made here: Jarqui Mar 2023 #18

A bit more information about who fired whom and what the new lawyer is there to do: Scrivener7 Apr 2023 #20

That's a very Trump-like statement, Know why? Jarqui Apr 2023 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Scrivener7 Apr 2023 #22

Sorry. You misunderstood. Jarqui Apr 2023 #23

I'll delete. Scrivener7 Apr 2023 #24

Not buying it. This sounds like trump spin tulipsandroses Mar 2023 #3

propaganda story ZonkerHarris Mar 2023 #5

I believe this. It is consistent with the decades-long history of prosecuting tfg in NYC. Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #11

'Insiders' - This story does not pass the smell test. I think Weisselberg emulatorloo Mar 2023 #15

And now the grand jury is taking a month off? BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #16