Five of Trump's impeachment attorneys abruptly quit just over a week before his Senate trial is set to kick off on Feb. 8.
Pomerantz, a former federal prosecutor who was working on the Trump case without taking a salary, confirmed his departure but declined to comment further. Dunne, who served as Vance’s general counsel, could not be reached for comment.
Trump's Accountants Just Quit. What Took So Long? It’s going to be increasingly difficult for the family business to continue if banks become unwilling to lend. The rats are leaving the ship. Timothy L. O'Brien is a senior columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. @TimOBrien Donald Trump’s accountants, Mazars USA LLP, decided to call it quits.
Trump was "infuriated" after Bowers told him the total budget would be $3 million, though he ultimately haggled the attorney down to $1 million while planning to use his political action committee to pay for "audiovisuals, a rapid-response team and legislative liaison."
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He left the position in December 2018 and became a professor at the New York Law School, where he was co-director of the Racial Justice Project. Bragg is a member of the board of directors for the Legal Aid Society.
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Any bets on it being about him not paying the lawyer’s fees, and nothing more? That family is known for stiffing people, yet still idiots line up to work with them. Boggles the mind.
Given the past history of the Trump organization not paying its bills, you might well be correct.
It could also be that given the track record of any attorney that has works for the Trumps also seem to end up in some sort of legal trouble as well.
Ruh Row. Going from a civil law attorney to a criminal lawyer who represents the mafia crime families can’t be good.
Alan Weisselberg’s attorney (in the last day or so) told the judge in Weisselberg’s case that he expects more indictments to be coming soon (making that statement because the attorney felt he already had too much to do and these forthcoming indictments would hinder his job). Ruh Row, indeed.
You stiff your lawyers and they quit representing; it’s quite simple, Eric. Most people with common sense can understand this.
HA HA HA! Eric Trump’s lawyer just threw him under the bus! But, oops, maybe he was paid from Trump’s illegal money!
Anna Cristina Niceta Llo yd "Rickie", White House Social Secretary resigned in protest on the day of the storming of the Capitol. Robert C. O'Brien, National Security Advisor (United States) Chris Liddell, White House Deputy Chief of Staff.
Became EPA Administrator. Retired. Shaub was outspoken with concerns about the Trump Administration during the transition period and after Trump's inauguration. Shaub resigned six months before the end of his term, saying that ethics rules should be tighter.
After the Capitol storming, dozens of Republicans and staffers loyal to or appointed by President Trump resigned in disgust, even though their terms in office would expire fourteen days later with the inauguration of President Biden. Some senior officials, however, decided against resigning in order to ensure an "orderly transition of power" to the incoming Biden administration, out of concern that Trump would replace them with loyalist lower-level staffers who they feared could carry out illegal orders given by him.
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Several Trump appointees, including National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus , White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price have had the shortest service tenures in the history of their respective offices.
Betsy DeVos, United States Secretary of Education also cited the Capitol Hill incident. US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) criticized DeVos and Chao for resigning rather than voting to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office.
Several Trump appointees, including National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price have had the shortest service tenures in the history of their respective offices.