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OH wow - where will the unfairness end! Fire the cretins!
"The lawyer defending Trump in the case, Daniel Petrocelli, has donated to Clinton and several Democrats over the years... in January, Petrocelli donated $2,700, the maximum amount allowable for a contribution to Hillary Clinton's presidential primary campaign... Petrocelli had been hired by Trump a month earlier, in December 2015. Further, Petrocelli's law firm, O'Melveny & Myers, has given nearly $20,000 to her campaign"
What - is it all 'to buy their favor' and thus good business? Why isn't trump carrying on about how biased the firm and the lawyer are? After all, they aren't filing that pesky recusal request, now, are they!
OP, you are expecting logic out of the actions of Trump and he doesn't use logic. He's a spoiled little whiner who filters everything through his enormous ego.
"To this point, Trump has not directed any attacks at his own lawyer for throwing his support to Hillary Clinton. Not that he'd have any reason to -- there's been no evidence that Petrocelli is wearing his political preferences into the courtroom.
As he told the Hollywood Reporter in April, Trump "didn't hire me for my political views. He hired me for my legal skills.""
So, why do trump followers manically assert that the judge in the case MUST be biased? The judge was hired for HIS legal skills, too. Double standard at work here.
"To this point, Trump has not directed any attacks at his own lawyer for throwing his support to Hillary Clinton. Not that he'd have any reason to -- there's been no evidence that Petrocelli is wearing his political preferences into the courtroom.
As he told the Hollywood Reporter in April, Trump "didn't hire me for my political views. He hired me for my legal skills.""
So, why do trump followers manically assert that the judge in the case MUST be biased? The judge was hired for HIS legal skills, too. Double standard at work here.
I agree. Indeed, if Mr. Trump had come to me to represent him in one of these lawsuits, I would do so, although I would not be voting for him as president. Many people are capable of separating their political philosophy from their professional pursuit.
I imagine that those whom are unable to arise above their political beliefs to do a job, whatever it is, are the ones that can't imagine others being able to do so.
Aside: In his autobiography, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) wrote about his brother, Orion Clemens. Twain wrote that during one election cycle Orion was a 'red' (let us say) party voter, and he had a gift of making effective campaign posters for his party of choice.
One day, people from the 'Blue' party approached Orion, and asked if he would create some campaign posters for their blue candidate for use at an upcoming Red rally, at which Orion was a featured speaker.
Orion obliged, and created some Blue campaign posters denigrating the Red party.
As Twain wrote, after he completed the Blue task, Orion went back to preparing for his speech at the Red Rally. Orion then appeared at the Red Rally, and spoke to a group of people that included Blue protestors holding up signs that Orion himself made.
i'm guessing trump's followers will soon cite this as the reason his lawyer hasn't filed a motion for the judge to recuse himself.
Yes, but how do they reconcile that with trump continuing to keep that lawyer? After all, the lawyer must secretly be biased against trump by not filing the motion. Would that make trump a fool for keeping that lawyer? It's funny, but the lawyer wanted to keep the case out of court until after January - why? To have the glee of having someone who just became president be convicted of fraud and racketeering? Wouldn't that be rich!
i'm guessing trump's followers will soon cite this as the reason his lawyer hasn't filed a motion for the judge to recuse himself.
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Originally Posted by kat in aiken
Yes, but how do they reconcile that with trump continuing to keep that lawyer? After all, the lawyer must secretly be biased against trump by not filing the motion. Would that make trump a fool for keeping that lawyer? It's funny, but the lawyer wanted to keep the case out of court until after January - why? To have the glee of having someone who just became president be convicted of fraud and racketeering? Wouldn't that be rich!
Let us hope that Trump very publicly calls his attorneys biased losers and fires them. It's been three days since he's done anything overtly stupid, so it's time.
They probably made him hand his phone over to Melania.
i'm thinking a ball-gag and boxing gloves.
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