I seriously wonder if the legal profession will ever address the antics, and illegal acts (Chesebro, Powell, Rudy et al) of Trump's lawyers. The accounting profession had to deal with massive financial failures (Enron, Waste Management, Tyco, etc.), the collapse of one of the Big Eight accounting firms (Arthur Andersen) and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. These failures and the consequences are now taught in accounting courses and the auditing rule changes are part of the CPA exam and the ethics exam. The medical profession has to deal with the abuse of prescription drugs and Medicare/Medicaid fraud committed by doctors , pharmacists and Big Pharma. But when is the legal profession going to deal with attorney abuses and unethical behavior. I know attorneys have to provide the best possible defense for their clients, but what Trump's attorneys have done and are doing is beyond the pale. It's time for the professions to make it clear that they are in service to society (not dollars), and they need to do some long, hard soul-searching and to to do a better job.
The legal profession will have to clean up it's act regarding government, or there won't be any legal profession because we will be ruled by some sort of whimsical autocrat, dictator, or king.
His 'antics' will fill the pages of US history books written by future historians, if we HAVE future historians and not simply regurgitators of lies fed by the Ministry of Propaganda.
I'm glad Jack Smith is so on top of Trump's shenanigans (such an innocuous word for the man's actions!) that he's filing this motion to cut him and his Leegul Klown Kar off at the pass.
Whether Trump will OBEY these sanctions? Is another story....
sigh. I wish some of those trump attacks in his trutheets would sue him for slander. So far that is what has worked against him! This stuff goes well into "malicious intent" territory.
I seriously wonder if the legal profession will ever address the antics, and illegal acts (Chesebro, Powell, Rudy et al) of Trump's lawyers. The accounting profession had to deal with massive financial failures (Enron, Waste Management, Tyco, etc.), the collapse of one of the Big Eight accounting firms (Arthur Andersen) and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. These failures and the consequences are now taught in accounting courses and the auditing rule changes are part of the CPA exam and the ethics exam. The medical profession has to deal with the abuse of prescription drugs and Medicare/Medicaid fraud committed by doctors , pharmacists and Big Pharma. But when is the legal profession going to deal with attorney abuses and unethical behavior. I know attorneys have to provide the best possible defense for their clients, but what Trump's attorneys have done and are doing is beyond the pale. It's time for the professions to make it clear that they are in service to society (not dollars), and they need to do some long, hard soul-searching and to to do a better job.
The legal profession will have to clean up it's act regarding government, or there won't be any legal profession because we will be ruled by some sort of whimsical autocrat, dictator, or king.
Trump's antics in his lawsuits will be the subjects of law school case studies for years to come.
His 'antics' will fill the pages of US history books written by future historians, if we HAVE future historians and not simply regurgitators of lies fed by the Ministry of Propaganda.
I'm glad Jack Smith is so on top of Trump's shenanigans (such an innocuous word for the man's actions!) that he's filing this motion to cut him and his Leegul Klown Kar off at the pass.
Whether Trump will OBEY these sanctions? Is another story....
Hannah Arendt noted long ago that turning questions of fact into accusations about motives is a standard fascist ploy.
“...or he can answer it with an “illegal” filing of his own that advances the stayed litigation.”
And after filing a reply he’ll whine “look what you made me do!”, the most pathetic of responsibility-dodging excuses.
Republicans ALWAYS claim they have no agency.
Thanks for a GREAT year of reporting! Looking forward to the new year.
sigh. I wish some of those trump attacks in his trutheets would sue him for slander. So far that is what has worked against him! This stuff goes well into "malicious intent" territory.