Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann stated Wednesday that Donald Trump solely has himself accountable for failing to safe top-level attorneys to characterize him amid his rising authorized woes.
“The battle is one in every of his personal making,” Weissmann advised MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell. Trump is reportedly quickly dealing with one other indictment, this time in particular counsel Jack Smith’s probe into his bid to flip the 2020 election outcome.
“As a prosecutor and as a protection lawyer I actually consider each defendant is entitled to authorized illustration. They’re entitled to have zealous advocacy,” Weissmann defined.
Trump’s “exalted place” as a former POTUS would normally guarantee “the very cream of the crop when it comes to the caliber of lawyering,” he famous. However Trump’s failure to hearken to recommendation “signifies that you’re shopping for only a heap of hassle.”
“That’s the reason that you just discover so many attorneys unwilling to characterize him, though he was once the President of the US, which is a really unhappy state,” he added.
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