So Lanny Davis is his lawyer, and he counsels his client to plead guilty to something that isn’t even a crime. Isn’t this the very definition of malpractice? Just whose interests was Davis looking out for, anyway?
And his client was a lawyer. Couple of dumb-asses.
Yep, good questions...
I think Lanny Davis is focused on three things ... maybe four if we really stretch things:
1) Get on TV as often as possible and attack Trump
2) Get information from Cohen that can be used to benefit the Clinton Foundation later
3) Squeeze as much money as possible out of a GoFundMe site
4) Maybe help Cohen in Court, if it's not too much trouble. And if Hillary says it's OK.
Did Cohen set up Lanny Davis? Cohen got non-cooperation plea deal for real crimes and pleaded guilty to non-crimes. There is a flimflam afoot but I’m not sure who was the winner.
Not malpractice:
“If you plead guilty to two offenses that are not crimes, I can get them to completely drop 10 offenses you’re guilty of that are crimes and that would put you in jail for about 30 years. Totally up to you. Whatta ya say?”
Davis is a political operative disguised as a lawyer solely for the purpose to drive a political narrative against Trump.
Somebody needs to look into his financial situation and who is really paying him. This is a Clinton attack from the inside out.
So Lanny Davis is his lawyer, and he counsels his client to plead guilty to something that isn’t even a crime. Isn’t this the very definition of malpractice? Just whose interests was Davis looking out for, anyway?
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Yes, that’s an ethical violation by the attorney, but, the judge is also required to conduct a providence plea inquiry in court directly of the defendant to make sure the defendant understands the charges, and, in fact committed each and every element of the charged offense(s). Since the campaign finance ‘violations’ were not crimes, pleas to those charges should never have been accepted by the court.
Lanny Davis wasn't the lawyer who signed it with Cohen.