Plan to skirt conviction in NY: blame his lawyers
Jeremy Childs
Tue, 12 March 2024 at 6:21 pm GMT-4
... In a court filing publicly released Tuesday, Trump’s attorneys filed notice of their plans to use an “advice of counsel” argument, of sorts, claiming that Trump did not think he was committing a crime because his lawyers were part of the ordeal.
“President Trump intends to elicit evidence concerning the presence, involvement and advice of lawyers in relevant events giving rise to the charges in the Indictment,” the filing said.
The filing goes on to argue that “President Trump lacked the requisite intent to commit the conduct charged in the indictment” ...
The implications of Trump using the “advice of counsel” argument extends beyond strategy for the defense; for Bragg’s prosecution team, it could allow them to view privileged attorney-client communications. Trump’s attorney’s anticipated this development, writing that “this is not a formal advice-of-counsel” defense, but it will be up to Judge Juan Meacham to decide whether that holds true ...
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/trump-plan-skirt-conviction-york-222136716.html
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| It's exactly like an advice-of-counsel defense but somehow completely different! | |
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| They told me it was a great career opportunity if I didn't care about being paid or later disbarred! | |
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| Nobody thought it was wrong to fake documents to hide pay-offs to the porn star youse been boinking | |
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| When your consiglieri tells you it's not a crime, then it can't possibly be a crime | |
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| The client just wanted me to advise him to bone Stormy, buy her silence, and then fake a few documents | |
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