Attorney: Lawyers begging for cash should have "expected" Trump to throw them under the bus

[marmar]

(Salon) Former President Donald Trump's attorneys are in desperate need of cash after being indicted as co-conspirators in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' sprawling racketeering investigation.

Jenna Ellis, a former attorney for Trump, who is among the 18 co-defendants indicted with felony racketeering and numerous conspiracy counts, publicly questioned why the super PAC MAGA Inc. isn't covering the costs of her legal defense.

"I was reliably informed Trump isn't funding any of us who are indicted," Ellis wrote on X, formerly Twitter. "Would this change if he becomes the nominee? Why then, not now? I totally agree this has become a bigger principle than just one man. So why isn't MAGA, Inc. funding everyone's defense?"

....(snip)....

"Perhaps 'how will I pay for my defense' should have crossed the minds of Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis and the others before they engaged themselves in the ways they did in service to their client," V. James DeSimone, a California civil rights attorney, told Salon. "There are always public defenders they can turn to if they cannot afford an attorney. Trump owes them nothing — and he's always known that." ..............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2023/08/22/attorney-lawyers-begging-for-cash-should-have-expected-to-throw-them-under-the-bus/

[marble falls]

1. The gambled. They lost. So sad, too bad. Good.

[LoisB]

2. I am unable to garner any sympathy or empathy for any of them. They should have known better.

[malaise]

3. Did I hear bus?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218177454

[MyOwnPeace]

4. But, but.........

"I helped him - he loved me......."

Said everybody that has EVER had anything to do with tRump!

It's not like nobody had been warned - it's been going on ever since he punched a teacher when he was in 2nd grade!

Failure to recognize reality is a serious problem for Repukes........

[GenThePerservering]

5. Hang 'em by the purse nt

[TSExile]

6. I am honestly surprised...

...that T**** hasn't become his own lawyer. You would think he'd relish the idea of cross-examination...and he wouldn't have to worry about not paying anyone!!

[Irish_Dem]

7. In a way he has become his own attorney. He has his own defense strategy.

He is trying the case in the court of public opinion and using a brutal PR strategy.
The law and courts be damned.

[struggle4progress]

8. "It's surprising that a narcissistic megalomaniac doesn't care about anyone else!"

[Captain Zero]

9. I certainly found it shocking.

I'm very concerned. /s

[Maru Kitteh]

10. Because it's a CULT lady. That's how cults roll.

Only the chosen one matters.