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Posted on 09/15/2024 10:04:00 PM PDT by Libloather
The way the American legal system is weighted against the little guy is exemplified by the $20 million defamation action brought Friday night by IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joe Ziegler against Hunter Biden’s attorney Abbe Lowell.
For one thing, a lawsuit like this typically will cost upwards of $1 million. For another, Lowell is one of the most feared lawyers in the country and few of his fellow legal eagles are keen to take him on.
The good news is that, after several false starts, whistleblower advocacy group Empower Oversight managed to secure the services of Las Vegas defamation lawyer Mitchell Langberg, who has such clients as billionaire Steve Wynn.
Then there is the fact the legal industry has come to be dominated by aggressively partisan Democrat firms who think nothing of funding lawfare against Donald Trump and supporters or providing pro bono legal advice to people who are politically useful to Democrats or bowing to pressure from the Democratic Party to jettison politically inconvenient partners. As well, there is no shortage of left-wing billionaires willing to bankroll gratuitous lawsuits, like LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman who funded the E. Jean Carroll case against Trump.
Those deep pockets don’t exist for conservatives or anyone who doesn’t benefit Democrats.
So, even though Shapley and Ziegler’s lawsuit had a good chance of success, it almost didn’t get off the ground because they earn modest public servant salaries and have to rely on donors.
“The ugly truth is that whistleblowers usually face well-funded retaliatory smear campaigns,” says Empower founder Jason Foster, former Chief Investigative Counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Abbe Lowell’s reputation as a big deal lawyer has taken a big hit. He failed publicly and miserably. His PR antics were ridiculous.
Looks like attorney Mitchell Langberg is going to gain some feathers in his cap, winning this lawsuit against attorney Abbe Lowell.
Pete Buttiegag—that the Pete you mention?
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It’s one of Brandon’s secret email addresses.
During that nine-year-period, Joe Biden used pseudonyms, such as “robinware456,” “JRBware” and “RobertLPeters,” to correspond with his son, other family members, White House officials and Hunter’s former business partner Eric Schwerin, according to the committee.
Got it—thank you.
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