Any lawyer who represents Trump should have their head examined. He lies to them, blames them when the lies don't work, and then stiffs them on the bill. It's just stupid to represent him. The really good lawyers already know this and decline representation. The ones who stupidly take his cases get what they deserve.
I think it's because Joe thinks sanctions or worse are an imminent possibility, and he doesn't want to throw away his career (any more than he has) on Trump's bullshit.
Yeah having a client who can't keep his fucking mouth shut in the courtroom, and has their fan-club threaten members of the judicial, etc isn't a great thing
I think Trump makes his lawyers miserable on purpose, and counts on them to leave now and then. One of his key tactics is delay. And asking for a delay because your old lawyer bailed on you and you have to bring on someone new is reasonable.... Until it's done one too many times.
They should be forced to disclose why they quit and if it's because of non payment then the court should not allow them to delay they should proceed as scheduled.
They have to disclose it to the judge, but I agree that this shouldn't be allowed to delay the trial if the defendant has a history of intentional delay.
Steven Cheung, a spokesman for Mr. Trump, did not directly address Mr. Tacopina’s departure, saying only that Mr. Trump “has the most experienced, qualified, disciplined, and overall strongest legal team ever assembled”
This is why Trump basically has multiple teams of freshman lawyers.
The few experienced lawyers brave enough to take him on quickly find out that he's a giant man-baby who's unable to be controlled or reasoned with (or their hubris makes them think they are one who can), and the greenhorns are too naive to know it's a trap and that they're just fodder for the Trump Grift Machine.
Either way, get fucked Joe. You should have left long ago and kept whatever shred of decency you used to have, instead of letting this rapist continue to abuse his victim.
I suspect it's more about realizing that he won't get paid than anything else. Plenty of lawyers willing to defend the guilty when they're paid to do it
Trump is definitely guilty, and I agree that he deserves a defense, but unfortunately for him, it kind of goes out the window when he doesn't respect the laws and courts that give him that right.
He has the right to a defense, not a good one, and that's exactly what he's getting because of his behavior.
I suspect quite a few would represent a former president for free just to have that on their resume, it's being disbarred or named in future lawsuits that's the deal-breaker.
You only pay a certain amount up front. Once that amount is used up, they bill hourly sending invoices once or twice a month. When he doesn't pay that, the attorney quits, and trump has to hire a new (sometimes team of) lawyer who needs time to get up to speed on the case and it can be a delaying tactic as much as lowlife-ness.
Tacopina declined to say why he was leaving. If he's a competent lawyer then he'd require cash up front. My money is on Trump being stupid with his lawyers again, or he refused to add more funds to his account.
Mr. Tacopina also withdrew on Monday from another case in which he was still legally representing Mr. Trump: an appeal of the verdict in a lawsuit brought by the writer E. Jean Carroll.
The trial in Manhattan, in which he is accused of falsifying business records to hide hush-money payments to a porn star during the 2016 election, could begin as early as March.
He has represented high-profile clients ranging from the Fox News host Sean Hannity, who on his show called Mr. Tacopina one of the “greatest defense attorneys of all time,” to the former Yankees star Alex Rodriguez and the rapper A$AP Rocky.
The withdrawals came a day before jury selection is set to begin in a second trial stemming from the allegations brought by Ms. Carroll, who accused Mr. Trump of raping her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s.
Mr. Trump last week delivered part of his own closing remarks in the New York attorney general’s civil case, and was rebuked by the judge for going outside the confines of what he was allowed to talk about.
Mr. Rodriguez, in a brief interview, said he could not speak to Mr. Tacopina’s involvement with Mr. Trump, but described his own experience being represented by him as he battled a suspension from Major League Baseball related to steroid use.
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