Which Lawyer Do You Think Will Be The Fall Guy (speculation)

[Handmaid for Jesus]

There are several lawyers (not named) mentioned in the latest indictment of the ex-president of the U.S. as co-conspirators. If defense claims that the defendant acted on advice of counsel, which one of these lawyers will likely take the fall. It is a speculative question I know. but what do you all think?

Trump Indictment

The documents investigation has been overseen by special counsel Jack Smith and appeared to be nearing the charging phase in recent days.

www.politico.com

 

[Pommer]

There are several lawyers (not named) mentioned in the latest indictment of the ex-president of the U.S. as co-conspirators. If defense claims that the defendant acted on advice of counsel, which one of these lawyers will likely take the fall. It is a speculative question I know. but what do you all think?

Trump Indictment

The documents investigation has been overseen by special counsel Jack Smith and appeared to be nearing the charging phase in recent days.

www.politico.com

Clark

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

My choice would be Eastman.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

Who knows, but I think the justice department perhaps set up a poor incentive structure for getting ex-allies to flip on Trump with how they've handled cases with other associates (like Cohen)

Opting to "win a battle instead of the war" so they can say they "got someone from Trump's circle" has made it so people aren't going to want to flip on him. There's really no upside. They flip on Trump, and then they end up being the ones who do time while Trump goes free.

If the justice department wants more people to be willing to turn on him, they're going to start having to dangle a better carrot on the end of the stick than "you do three years while the guy you just ratted on walks free"

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

Who knows, but I think the justice department perhaps set up a poor incentive structure for getting ex-allies to flip on Trump with how they've handled cases with other associates (like Cohen)

Opting to "win a battle instead of the war" so they can say they "got someone from Trump's circle" has made it so people aren't going to want to flip on him. There's really no upside. They flip on Trump, and then they end up being the ones who do time while Trump goes free.

If the justice department wants more people to be willing to turn on him, they're going to start having to dangle a better carrot on the end of the stick than "you do three years while the guy you just ratted on walks free"

So which lawyer do you think will get thrown under the bus?

 

[essentialsaltes]

There is not enough padding in all of them put together to take the entire fall.

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

There is not enough padding in all of them put together to take the entire fall.

ROFLOL! I agree! But humor me and pick one .

 

[essentialsaltes]

ROFLOL! I agree! But humor me and pick one .

I like your choice of Eastman, but since Pence rejected the arguments from Eastman's 'coup' memos, I'm going to have to go with....

Cheese-Bro

Trump fake electors plot​

The January 6 committee's final report identified Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro as the plot's actual architect.

False elector documents really were submitted to the Archives, posing as genuine ones in an attempt to defraud the US and thwart the will of We The People.

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I don't know to what extent Trump ever actually listened to Chesebro, so in terms of an actual Trump defense, it would be hard to claim that "Kenneth made me do it." For that, I suppose Giuliani is the best fit.

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

The January 6 committee's final report identified Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro as the plot's actual architect.

I had not considered him. But,I guess he could be in the running.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

So which lawyer do you think will get thrown under the bus?

My betting odds would be on Rudy G. or John Eastman.

 

[wing2000]

Why only one?

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

Why only one?

LOL! Good question because all of them would fit under the bus.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Various co-conspirators appears to be fitting Sidney Powell for the job.

Trump’s ‘Co-Conspirators’ Are Already Starting to Turn on Each Other​

“It is the ‘please don’t put me in jail, put that other guy in jail’ strategy,” says one attorney working in Trump’s legal orbit

Kerik’s lawyer continues: “Having Sidney Powell in the same courtroom would also significantly undermine [Jack Smith’s] case against the president, because the president and his lawyers could easily point at Sidney and say: Over there is the evidence of making knowingly false claims, not here. And President Trump rejected Ms. Powell’s efforts.”

This is a sentiment shared by Giuliani, and also by various senior members of Trump’s own team who would be thrilled if Powell ended up as one of the people who take the fall for theJan. 6 Capitol attack and the efforts leading up to it, sources close to Giuliani and the former president say.

 

[wing2000]

There are several lawyers (not named) mentioned in the latest indictment of the ex-president of the U.S. as co-conspirators. If defense claims that the defendant acted on advice of counsel, which one of these lawyers will likely take the fall. It is a speculative question I know. but what do you all think?

Trump Indictment

The documents investigation has been overseen by special counsel Jack Smith and appeared to be nearing the charging phase in recent days.

www.politico.com

Now that Giuliani, Eastman, Powell, Powell and Cheesbro have actually been charged in Georgia I expect we'll know pretty soon who is going to flip. My bet is Giuliani, given his age, will plea for a deal.

 

[Ceallaigh]

Giuliani.

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

Now that Giuliani, Eastman, Powell, Powell and Cheesbro have actually been charged in Georgia I expect we'll know pretty soon who is going to flip. My bet is Giuliani, given his age, will plea for a deal.

How old is he? But a lot of them are up in age. Eastman is old too.

 

[wing2000]

How old is he? But a lot of them are up in age. Eastman is old too.

Giuliani is 79. If he decides to go to trial, a RICO conviction requires jail time...

 

[SimplyMe]

I just find this another case of MAGA -- Make Attorneys Get Attorneys.

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

Giuliani is 79. If he decides to go to trial, a RICO conviction requires jail time...

I heard the minimum prison time for a RICO conviction is five years.He will be 84 in five years.

 

[wing2000]

How old is he? But a lot of them are up in age. Eastman is old too.

Eastman is a relatively young 63....but he does look older imo.