Posted on 03/25/2018 5:07:22 PM PDT by Signalman
President Trump’s new picks for his legal team in the Russia investigation cannot join because of “conflicts,” Jay Sekulow, counsel to the president, said Sunday.
“The president is disappointed that conflicts prevent Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing from joining the President's Special Counsel legal team,” Sekulow said in a statement.
Trump added the husband-wife team after John Dowd, a top member of the team, resigned last week.
Sekulow said the conflicts do not prevent diGenova and Toensing from assisting the president in other legal matters, but declined to reveal the nature of the conflicts.
The couple's firm has represented other clients in the special counsel's investigation, including former Trump campaign adviser Sam Clovis.
“The president looks forward to working with them,” he said.
On Sunday, diGenova and Toensing released a joint statement, saying, "We thank the president for his confidence in us, and we look forward to working with him on other matters." DiGenova, who provided the statement to The Associated Press, declined to answer additional questions about the nature of his and Toensing's representation of the president.
Trump boasted earlier Sunday that many lawyers -- with the prospect of “fame & fortune” -- want to represent him in the Russia collusion investigation, amid news reports that he cannot hire top-rate lawyers for the job.
“Many lawyers and top law firms want to represent me in the Russia case...don’t believe the Fake News narrative that it is hard to find a lawyer who wants to take this on,” Trump said over two tweets.
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I thought this was a done deal.
Why is it only our side that has to concern itself with conflicts?
Rats never recuse Rats never resign.
Think about what happens now. New counsel needs time to read the material. Aside from the fact of finding counsel that does not have conflicts.
Conflicts of interest apparently only apply to lawyers who want to defend Trump; they are waived for lawyers who are trying to bring him down.
This fills in the blanks. No problem...
Bobby Kennedy was Attorney General for JFK. That was fine. He handled whatever. No problemo.
Not sure...Who is coming up with these arbitrary notions of conflicts? If it’s Sekulow, he should be shown the door.
Stonewall Sessions recused himself because of ‘russian collusion’ hoax. In the face of a mountain of high crimes and high treason committed under the O’muslim regime. Rat bastards everywhere...
>>don’t believe the Fake News narrative that it is hard to find a lawyer who wants to take this on,”
How CAN a lawyer refuse service to a client?
Bake the DAMN cake.
“Jay Sekulow is the straightest of arrows. If he says it, it’s right.”
We don’t need straight arrows and squishes playing by Queensberry rules. We need soldiers and cutthroats. We’re at war for the survival of this country.
I don’t believe this. I’m not a lawyer but I’m pretty sure if the client is notified of the conflict then the client can waive that. In this case Trump. I think this is just a save face excuse because he spoke to them and didn’t think they were the right attorneys. JMO
A lawyer can refuse a client. A lawyer ordinarily can’t represent a client with a concurrent conflict of interest.
Conflicts don’t seem to apply to Mueller or his team.
A client waiver may not be adequate. Under ABA model rules the lawyer must believe that he “will be able to provide competent and diligent representation to each affected client.” There are a couple of other requirements and then informed written consent.
They have a pre-existing legal client on a related matter, It’s not a question of anything political or even having to do with Trump. They are ethically bound to serve the interest of their current client.
They could be disbarred and are protecting their livelihood.
Train Wreck.
"The House of Representatives voted Thursday to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt for refusing to turn over documents tied to the botched Fast and Furious gun-running sting -- a discredited operation that has become a sharp point of contention between Democrats and Republicans in Washington.They get away with and then rub it the faces of those who tried to hold them to account. Nothing ever came of these contempt charges. They just blew them off. I get so tire done of Republicans backing down at the first whiff of a problem.The House approved a pair of criminal and civil measures against the attorney general, marking the first time in American history that the head of the Justice Department has been held in contempt by Congress . House members approved the criminal contempt measure in a 255-67 vote. Almost every House Republican backed the measure, along with 17 Democrats. Shortly thereafter, the civil measure passed in a sharply polarized 258-95 vote.
A large number of Democrats -- including members of the Congressional Black Caucus and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi -- walked off the House floor in protest and refused to participate in the criminal contempt vote. A slightly smaller number of Democrats appeared to boycott the vote on the civil measure as well.
Kind of an organization or attorney doesn’t check for that before they go and say yes? That’s a little bit beyond embarrassing. The better Of him.
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