• treefrog@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    He’s not using the I didn’t know it was wrong defense (that was earlier) but the my lawyers told me it was fine defense (his previous lawyers, not these two).

    So, I don’t think these statements matter to his current defensive strategy.

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      1 year ago

      If he uses advice of counsel defense, he has to waive attorney client privilege. Seems like a nice trap by special counsel.

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        1 year ago

        It was a trap by the special counsel set by… getting him to hire terrible attorneys? I would think that more a consequence of the magnitude of his crimes + his history of nonpayment, leaving only desperate lawyers willing to be the next in line trying to defend one of the most obvious criminals in recent history and humiliating themselves in the process