Watergate prosecutor predicts next big thing in Georgia case [View all]
BY AILA SLISCO ON 8/23/23 AT 12:02 AM EDT
... former Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman .... predicted during a Tuesday night CNN interview that the "next big thing" in the Georgia case would be a series of Trump's co-defendants — including figures like his former lawyer Rudy Giuliani — deciding to cooperate with Willis to save themselves and their pocketbooks ...
Akerman suggested that the former New York City mayor would have difficulty finding a lawyer willing to take his case in Georgia, regardless of his cash on hand, due to fears of being "stuck" with an unpaid bill ...
"He has to be able to pay a lot of money up front to some attorney to represent him in this case," Akerman said. "He's looking at a minimum of $500,000 to $700,000 up-front retainer to whoever is going to take this case. I mean, it's a very serious case, it's going to go on for a very long period of time."
"Nobody's going to want to be the last victim in the crime wave here," he added. "I mean, they don't want to be stuck with a major bill, just like Donald Trump has stuck person after person, lawyer after lawyer, in legal bills."
Akerman went on to say that "a lot of" Trump's co-defendants in Georgia would be compelled to cooperate due to being unable to afford private legal representation ...
https://www.newsweek.com/watergate-prosecutor-predicts-next-big-thing-trumps-georgia-case-1821765
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