People like Ted Bundy get lawyers. The legal guys may have contempt for a serial killer, but they recognize that he deserves legal counsel.
The President of the United States? What lawyer would sink so low as to represent him?? [/s]
Zealous legal council — regardless of guilt or bias — has been a must in this country, even since John Adams represented the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre.
Without it, we are no better than a banana republic or totalitarian society.
But then, that might be the goal...