Statements that clarify the working relationship.
Dem judges are the most hard-core partisans and with no soul. They will find the devil innocent if he is a dem.
You don’t put out statements “clarifying the working relationship” in a press release, and not on a Sunday night, unless it’s for a purpose of distancing yourself from what appears to be another team member.
The lawyers already make their appearances in court on the record indicating who their client is. Doing so for the public indicates something else.