“You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to have an attorney. If you cannot afford one, one will be appointed to you by the court. With these rights in mind, are you still willing to talk with me about the charges against you?”<\/em><\/p>\nThe American Constitution and legal tradition is one of judicial fairness.\u00a0\u00a0 Fairness is maintained by balancing attorneys both for the government (the prosecution) and for the defendant. The phrase: \u201cevery defendant is entitled to an adequate defense\u201d is also a part of our legal tradition. Even the most heinous crimes, from the Boston Bomber to the Parkland shooter, are provided with good and often highly expert attorneys to argue their case.<\/p>\n
In the rarified world of Presidential \u201ccrime\u201d there are only a few attorneys with great experience. David Boies and Ted Olson are two of those high-powered counselors. \u00a0They were on the opposing sides of the Bush v Gore case, the only contested Presidential election to go to the Supreme Court. Greg Craig and Robert Bennett were Clinton\u2019s lawyers during his impeachment proceedings. Craig also represented Jonathan Edwards in the former Vice Presidential candidate\u2019s campaign finance trial. These lawyers and a few others are the \u201cA\u201d team of Presidential defense.<\/p>\n
None of them are working for President Trump. And that\u2019s too bad.<\/p>\n
No really, it\u2019s too bad. Trump doesn\u2019t even have a \u2018C\u2019 team. His only lawyer of \u201cstature,\u201d Ty Cobb, is actually representing the office of the President, not Trump himself. His lead lawyer, John Dowd, never had the stature of the traditional Presidential attorneys (hard to attain that while flipping off TV cameras and swearing at reporters.) \u00a0And he quit.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, it truly is an \u2018A\u2019 team of prosecutors under the Mueller umbrella. The top prosecutors in the nation, with varying areas of expertise, are primed and ready to take on the President. Trump needs to \u201cup his game.\u201d<\/p>\n
There are several reasons attorneys choose not to work for Trump. Some are truly conflicted, already representing clients involved in the Russiagate scandal. One of the \u201cbig league,\u201d Abbie Lowell, is representing Jared Kushner, and is thus barred from representing Trump. Even the \u2018C\u2019 lawyers Trump wanted to hire, Joe DiGenova and his wife, were conflicted by representing Mark Carallo, the former spokesman for Trump\u2019s legal team who may be involved in obstruction of justice.<\/p>\n
Some are concerned that representing Trump will damage their firm. Other clients, particularly corporate clients, don\u2019t want their lawyers connected with Trump. And some think that a connection with Trump will damage their reputation.<\/p>\n
And finally, Trump has a reputation for not paying for services. This is a case that will require millions of dollars; no firm is looking to do it for nothing.<\/p>\n
So Trump\u2019s main lawyer at the moment is Jay Sekulow. Sekulow\u2019s area of expertise is religious and Constitutional law, and while he defended the US Treasury in tax court, he has no criminal law experience. The team has also added Andrew Ekonomou, a former acting US Attorney, has worked on criminal and racketeering cases in Georgia. In 2000 at age fifty, he went back to Emory University to earn a PhD in medieval history.<\/p>\n
Trump spent a great deal of time crying \u201cfoul\u201d during the 2016 election campaign. He claimed he wasn\u2019t treated fairly by the media, and that the election was rigged. He knows how to be a \u201cvictim,\u201d and he has proven to be able to sell that to his base.<\/p>\n
The difference between the \u201cTrump Team\u201d and the \u201cMueller Team\u201d is obvious. The fact that \u201cbig league\u201d attorneys won\u2019t work for Trump is his fault (and personally satisfying) but it sets up a whole future scenario with Trump as the \u201cvictim\u201d of those \u201csmart Mueller guys.\u201d<\/p>\n
With the crisis that looms with the end of the Mueller investigation, Trump has already laid out his strategy of undercutting Mueller. \u201cThey are all Democrats,\u201d \u201cit\u2019s an illegal investigation,\u201d and \u201cwe weren\u2019t experienced in national campaigns\u201d all are excuses for losing to Mueller. They don\u2019t need another: \u201cno one would work for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump has the right to an attorney. Like it or not, he needs a good one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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