When you’ve finessed an ungodly amount of money from leveraging your position as President of the United States, there’s only one thing to do when you’re caught red-handed tarnishing the legacy of innocent men. Apologize? No, that’s for poors! When push comes to shove, you shove back by spending money on some of the best lawyers you can find! Reuters has coverage:
U.S. President Donald Trump has beefed up his defense team in a defamation lawsuit related to the overturned Central Park Five convictions, adding a senior lawyer from prominent law firm DLA Piper.
Caryn Schechtman, who leads DLA Piper’s securities and financial investigations practice, signed a brief Trump filed Thursday in the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to overturn a decision that allowed the case to move forward.
Working for Trump is a bold move. Even if you brush aside the ethical complexities of defending a convicted felon who has extensive connections with the highest profile child sex ring in recent history after he accused exonerated men of being rapists, what’s the payoff gonna be? While Trump is good at getting paid, he has a heavily documented history of not paying the people who work for him. Dude has skimped out on hundreds of people. And as hopeful as it might be to think that he just screws over the little people and not the lawyers saving his ass in court, the $1.6M he owes to 12 different firms points to the contrary.
That said, he’s been known to pay in other ways. He’s taken care of Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, maybe this is Schechtman’s way of pivoting to a new role? Dealing with proto-dictators is one way to ensure job security in these trying times. And if it isn’t, we’ll be happy to add Schechtman to the list of lawyers that got screwed over by the guy known for screwing his lawyers over.
Trump Expands Legal Team With DLA Piper In Central Park Five Defamation Case [Reuters]
Earlier: Offhand Lie About Central Park 5 Lands Trump Back In Legal Trouble
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