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Early last year, in the midst

artappraiser — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 00:32:12 +0000

In reply to Trump, Jared shake up attys in response to Russia probe

Early last year, in the midst of his primary campaign, Donald Trump hopped on a stage in Reno, Nev., to brag about his vast legal knowledge. “Does anyone know more about litigation than Trump?” he bellowed. “Okay? I know a lot. I’m like a PhD in litigation.”

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Everyone has a lawyer in Trump World by Ben Terris @ WaPo, July 26

The White House has its counsel, and Trump has his own personal attorneys. There are lawyers for each member of the Trump family. Even one of Trump’s longtime lawyers recently hired a lawyer for himself.

Delves into Trump's past use of lawyers, has some interesting history about the young Trump's experience with Roy Cohn

[....] Trump promised to drain the unsavory elements out of politics, but long before the public ever loathed entrenched politicians, corrupt lobbyists or biased news media, they hated lawyers. Trump hated them, too, early on.

“I don’t like lawyers,” the young developer told the Machiavellian super-attorney Roy Cohn in 1973, according to his own account in his book “Trump: The Art of the Deal.” He elaborated: “I think all they do is delay deals. . . . Every answer they give you is no, and they are always looking to settle instead of fight.”

At the time, Trump was in the thick of his first real scandal, as the Justice Department sued him and his father over alleged racial bias in the way they operated their housing developments. When Cohn proposed a countersuit, arguing that the best defense was a good offense, Trump gave him the job [....]

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Barely even literate.

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 22:11:00 +0000

In reply to Yeah I got that. ;) You read

Barely even literate. Maybe lateral. But yes, democracy cowering under a desk.

Yeah I got that. ;) You read

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 22:00:00 +0000

In reply to Of course, just the approach,

Yeah I got that. ;) You read me too literally, sir.

Of course, just the approach,

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 21:43:47 +0000

In reply to Does DARVO still apply when

Of course, just the approach, not the victim or response

Does DARVO still apply when

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 20:53:23 +0000

In reply to DARVO refers to a reaction

Does DARVO still apply when the victim is the democracy?

DARVO refers to a reaction

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 14:39:56 +0000

In reply to The Trumps are handling the

DARVO refers to a reaction perpetrators of wrong doing, particularly sexual offenders, may display in response to being held accountable for their behavior.DARVO stands for "Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender."

The Trumps are handling the

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 14:30:43 +0000

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The Trumps are handling the Russia probe the way they handle civil suits against the Trump Organization--intimidate, obfuscate, counterattack. Sekulow seems well-cast for that strategy. It's the strategy itself that's flawed, at least in the context a high-caliber criminal prosecution.

Secret Service dismisses

artappraiser — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 08:03:52 +0000

In reply to Trump, Jared shake up attys in response to Russia probe

Secret Service dismisses Trump lawyer's claim about Russia meeting

By Meridith McGraw @ ABC News, Jul 16, 2017, 10:11 PM ET

The U.S. Secret Service pushed back on an assertion one of President Donald Trump’s lawyers made today on ABC News’ “This Week” that the agency should have prevented Russians from meeting last year with the president’s eldest son.

“I wonder why the Secret Service, if this was nefarious, why the Secret Service allowed these people in,” attorney Jay Sekulow said this morning of the meeting Donald Trump Jr. arranged with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign. “The president had Secret Service protection at that point, and that raised a question with me.

But the Secret Service rejected Sekulow’s comment in a statement to ABC News.

“Donald Trump Jr. was not under Secret Service protection in June 2016,” according to the statement. “Thus we would not have screened anyone he was meeting with at that time.” [...]

Pretty clueless, not well prepared! Seems like Trump defending Trump, not like an expensive lawyer. I hadn't checked Mr. Sekulow out before, have now. Check out his wikipedia entry, it's not the most attractive C.V. I've seen for a lawyer, to say the least, not pretty, not a legal eagle, very political, right winger to boot, talk show host, Jews for Jesus, suggestions of impropreity running a charity, etc. If he thinks he can do conservative talk show spin on this case, he's in for a surprise.