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Trump scrambles to find lawyer on eve of first federal court appearance (wapo.st)

submitted 1 year ago by nhgeek@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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In familiar predicament for famously challenging client, multiple Florida lawyers decline to take Trump’s case, people familiar with the matter say.

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[–] Voodoo@beehaw.org 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for gifting the WaPo article. Interesting stuff. Will he choose the scorched earth defense or the "flip one jurist" strategy. My guess is the former. He can't help himself.

[–] False@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He had plenty of opportunities to give the documents back and either say "oops, how'd that get there" or even do something outrageous like return it and then try to blame it on Obama, but instead he chose to repeatedly double down on "the rules don't apply to me".