Attorney withdraws from election challenge lawsuit, saying Trump used him to 'perpetrate a crime'

The Hill ^ | January 7, 2020 | Harper Neidig

[Lurking Libertarian]

An attorney representing President Trump in one of his dozens of lawsuits challenging the 2020 election moved to withdraw from the case on Thursday, telling a federal court that the president used him to "perpetrate a crime."

Philadelphia-based attorney Jerome Marcus asked the court to allow him to withdraw, citing concerns over Pennsylvania's professional conduct standards for lawyers.

Marcus wrote that "the client has used the lawyer's services to perpetrate a crime and the client insists upon taking action that the lawyer considers repugnant and with which the lawyer has a fundamental disagreement."

[Lurking Libertarian]

Not how it's supposed to be done. Yes, a lawyer must move to withdraw if (supposing it's true) the client demands that the lawyer do something illegal (like presenting false testimony). But you never put that in publicly-filed papers. You file a motion to withdraw saying there is "an irreconcilable disagreement" with the client, or something bland like that; if the client, or the judge, pushes back, you say "judge, we need to discuss this in chambers." You never accuse publicly your own client of illegality if there's any way to avoid it.

I have no idea what the back-story is here, but this lawyer is very much not impressing me with his sense of legal ethics.

[JoSixChip]

The night of long knifes

[Durus]

Sense of legal ethics? I get the guy is probably trying to protect his livelihood because dem thugs are going to come after him, but he should be disbarred for his clearly unethical “motion”.

[Williams]

These people are morons.

[blueunicorn6]

Another chicken comes out clucking.

[frogjerk]

More like cowards. They were only for Trump if he was successful.

[Stayfree]

ElectionVoteFraud.com is coming soon.

[a fool in paradise]

“the client has used the lawyer’s services to perpetrate a crime”

What’s the crime?

[null and void]

"the lawyer considers repugnant"

That paints a vivid picture. Imagine how bad something would have to be for a lawyer to consider it repugnant.

Of course, he is a professional liar...

[Prole]

Wow, clearly Satan has quite a few children on this planet.

[ClearCase_guy]

Really weird that everyone is running away from Trump. It’s not natural.

Satan or China is at work.

[reasonisfaith]

Only a very few have the strength to withstand the tug of corruption splashing into every corner, and swirling about the ankles of men in these dark and perilous days.

[AnthonySoprano]

‘
He’s an old nutcase.

No one checked him out.

‘

[P-Marlowe]

Both.

[plain talk]

Trump picked this lawyer? Good grief.

[null and void]

Especially if they ever want to work in these United States again.

Or don’t want a full up IRS audit every. single. year.

Or endure years or even decades of very expensive malicious and unfounded prosecution.

[crusty old prospector]

Like most lawyers, it seems they were all around for the easy money.

[ocrp1982]

This nothing more than CYA backstabbing.

[Jane Long]

What’s the crime?

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Wondering the same.

Not seeing a reply, so....who knows?

[Eddie01]

Thanks.