Might it be that continuing to fund the lawyers might be part of the deal in order to prevent a mistrial or a delay unwanted by the prosecutor?
I don’t do court or law stuff so no real clue. But that thought did occur.
At hearings a couple weeks ago, the judge asked for info on the trust that Clare set up to pay all the co-defendants’ lawyers. Not hers, of course, everybody else’s. She retained her own counsel.
The judge had each defendant appear before him while he explained all the implications of using the trust’s lawyers. Those included conflicts of interest, running out of money, etc.
Each defendant affirmed they were okay with the trust lawyers. For example, Mark Geragos represented Bronfman and his daughter is representing Raniere.
The trust was running out of money and with no replenishment, it’s fairly obvious that the lawyers will walk when the cash is gone.
My point was a little sarcastic. I don’t believe she’ll be plumping up the trust with her money. That means Raniere will soon have to switch to court-appointed attorneys.
Main reason for that is he can show he has no money. His name didn’t appear on any NXIVM docs. Oh, and he hasn’t filed any taxes in 20 years.
He’s hosed. As the last guy, there won’t be a deal for him. And without Clare or Nancy, he really doesn’t have any money.