11 days ago | By Mediaite

A former Watergate prosecutor mocked an attorney for Donald Trump after he tried to grab a sheet of paper from an MSNBC host during a heated exchange.
Appearing on Friday's edition of The ReidOut , Jill Wine-Banks was asked about Joe Tacopina , who is representing the former president. She called him “a clown” and “a joke.”
On Wednesday, Tacopina threw down with Ari Melber , telling the host Trump didn't actually lie when he said he did not know about a payment his former attorney Michael Cohen paid Stormy Daniels. The $130,000 payment was intended as hush money ahead of the 2016...
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Katyal Explains Trump's Lawyer Is in ‘The Worst Place an Attorney Can Be' After Being Ordered to Testify in Criminal Probe

11 days ago | By Mediaite

Former U.S. Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal offered his reaction to the news that a federal judge has ordered an attorney for Donald Trump to testify as part of a criminal investigation.
On Friday, Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell “at least partially granted a request to force” Evan Corcoran to testify about classified documents found at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence last year.
Generally, attorney-client privilege prevents lawyers from testifying in probes targeting their clients. However, that privilege is not absolute. If an attorney is suspected of helping their client commit...
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Trump's New Attorney Might Have to Drop Him Because He Claimed an Attorney-Client Relationship With Stormy Daniels in 2018

11 days ago | By Mediaite

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Donald Trump's latest attorney Joe Tacopina seems to have a massive conflict of interest - a prior attorney-client relationship with Stormy Daniels , the porn star who was allegedly paid off to keep her affair with the former president quiet.
Tacopina has found his name in the headlines as the latest lawyer to go on television to defend Trump as reports say the ex-president may soon face an indictment from the Manhattan District Attorney over allegedly falsifying business records to hide a $130,000 hush money payment orchestrated by Trump's former attorney, Michael...
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