Posted on 01/29/2025 2:37:28 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
A lawyer from one of Manhattan’s most prominent law firms will lead the appeal of President Trump’s criminal conviction, according to court papers filed on Wednesday that formally announced the appeal.
The participation of the lawyer, Robert Giuffra Jr., a co-chair of Sullivan & Cromwell and one of New York’s better-known appellate lawyers, adds muscle behind Mr. Trump’s long-anticipated attempt to overturn his conviction. He was found guilty last year on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a case brought by the Manhattan district attorney’s office.
Mr. Giuffra’s involvement underscores how New York’s legal power players have warmed to the president. Mr. Trump was spurned by lawyers from major firms when he left office four years ago, but his second victory has brought about a sea change. Many large corporations and business leaders have lined up to support the second Trump administration.
“President Donald J. Trump’s appeal is important for the rule of law, New York’s reputation as a global business, financial and legal center, as well as for the presidency and all public officials,” Mr. Giuffra said in a statement. “The misuse of the criminal law by the Manhattan D.A. to target President Trump sets a dangerous precedent.”
A spokeswoman for the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, declined to comment.
In a seven-week trial last spring, the district attorney’s office persuaded a jury that the president had approved the falsification of records to disguise a scheme to hide three potentially damaging stories from the public during his first White House run in 2016.
To conceal the last of those stories, prosecutors argued, Mr. Trump dispatched his fixer at the time, Michael D. Cohen, to pay hush money to Stormy Daniels, a porn star who told the jury her story of sex with Mr. Trump.
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We will hope that the NY legal community is not just sucking up to the guy in charge, but realizes that Stalinist lawfare is very, very bad for them and all New Yorkers.
This sounds promising. In the past Trump attorneys were harassed and even sued and disbarred.
And quality law firms were afraid to represent him
“ but realizes that Stalinist lawfare is very, very bad for them and all New Yorkers.”
Pravda types are never threatened by stalinists. They are in solitary with them And they never ever ever care about the people. Not their readers. Not the masses
The times gets it money from somewhere it can’t be from their Eve dwindling readers.
Shades of the Dulles boys...
Nah. They’re just sucking up.
Is Guiffra related to Virginia Guiffra who was abused by Epstein/ and Prince Andrew?
The price should be Alvin Bragg’s and Leticia James’s heads on the Trophy Wall at the New York Bar Association Club.
The firm likely did a quick poll to see how many clients they would lose, if they helped 47.
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