FBI Executed a Warrant at Mar a Lago; the Investigation Continues

Very curious. Could signal an intent to win the MAL case on twitter. jk.

 

Just read about that. Interesting that would happen after he received the upfront retainer. Any insight from the resident legal experts on what might be going on?

 

my immediate guess was that team Trump wanted him to lie or make misrepresentations in the case and he refused. But that’s just one possibility. Given the absolute chaos of the Trump defense team I wouldn’t dismiss more outlandish possibilities

 

Just a guess but maybe he didn't want to risk disbarment by lying on behalf of his client.

 

I wonder how many billable hours he's burned through since he got the retainer. Good thing he got it upfront.

 

The only way anyone should do any work for that man.

 

As a colleague at my old firm used to say about certain problematic clients, “Get it up front or take it in the rear.”

 

Guess either the retainer check didn't clear or it did clear and Krise told DT the truth and what Krise was and wasn't willing tobput as a defense and DY didn't take it well. Smart man, get fat retainer, tell DT the truth knowing that would get you banned from DT world so you could go count your cash

 

Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich said: “Chris Kise’s role as an important member of President Trump’s legal team remains unchanged, and any suggestion otherwise is untrue.”​

So what is is role now?

 

Trump Sidelines $3M Attorney And Inspires Hilarious Twitter Speculation

I don't like green eggs and spies
I don't like Trump and his ugly ties
I don't like espionage gals or guys
Or Pence's head: it collects flies
I don't like the secrets the Saudi buys
I don't like lies, how Trumpy tries
But now he's had to fire Chris Kise

 

Looks like Trump and his attorneys were too smart for their own good.
‘Giant Backfire’: Trump’s Demand for Special Master Is Looking Like a Mistake

Since that review is no longer delaying or diverting the criminal inquiry, it is not clear what benefits remain for Mr. Trump. For one, a special master will cost a lot of money. Judge Cannon rejected Mr. Trump’s proposal that taxpayers should foot half the bill of the review, instead saying he would be solely responsible.

That includes the full cost of a vendor who will scan all the materials, as well as support staff for Judge Dearie, like an assistant who bills $500 an hour. Mr. Trump will also have to pay his own lawyers’ fees as they filter thousands of pages of records and then litigate disputes about which ones can be withheld as privileged.

And far from indulging Mr. Trump, as his lawyers likely hoped in suggesting his appointment, Judge Dearie appears to be organizing the document review in ways that threaten to swiftly puncture the former president’s defenses. For example, the judge has ordered Mr. Trump to submit by Friday a declaration or affidavit verifying the inventory or listing any items on it “that plaintiff asserts were not seized” in the search.

But if Mr. Trump acknowledges that the F.B.I. took any documents marked as classified from his personal office and a storage room at Mar-a-Lago, as the inventory says, that would become evidence that could be used against him if he were later charged with defying a subpoena. Requiring Mr. Trump’s lawyers to verify or object to the inventory also effectively means making them either affirm in court or disavow a claim Mr. Trump has made in public: his accusation that the F.B.I. planted fake evidence. While it is not a crime to lie to Fox News viewers or on social media, there are consequences to lying to a court.​

 

Trump's defense attorney err...civil judge ordered the documents review today stretched out for completion to 12/15. Plenty of time after the midterms just like Trump wanted.

Dearie will be rightfully pissed.

 

Ah Green Eggs and Ham, now there is a book even those on the left can comprehend. Well, some of them not all of them.

 

I am back to being cynical

 

Blocking you. It's all too pathetic to deal with day after day. Seek help.

 

At this point it sure looks like she is running interference for trump.

 

Judge Cannon is making quite a rep for herself. I’m not sure it’s flattering.

 

Lifetime tenure makes accountability a very long game though.

 

The fix appears to be in for her.