Tag: Lawyers

Trump

A cover-up fit for a coup: Georgia grand jury says witnesses in Trump probe lied | Salon.com

 

Brad Raffensperger, Donald Trump and Bill Barr (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

This week, in the portion of the Georgia grand jury report that was released by Judge McBurney, we learned that the grand jury suspects that multiple witnesses perjured themselves while giving testimony.There is one thing I can assure you about grand juries and the prosecutors who run them: they hate, and I mean hate being lied to. A grand jury can tell when lies have been told because they listen to the testimony of multiple witnesses and have access to all the documentary evidence, and they can compare one person’s testimony with the testimony of others questioned about the same subjects.

Source: A cover-up fit for a coup: Georgia grand jury says witnesses in Trump probe lied | Salon.com

Trump

Cassidy Hutchinson Says ‘Trump World’ Lawyer Told Her To Mislead Jan. 6 Panel | HuffPost Latest News

Former Donald Trump staffer Cassidy Hutchinson told the House’s Jan. 6 select committee that allies of the former president told her to hide her full knowledge of the White House goings-on at the time of the 2021 Capitol riot, according to newly released interview transcripts.

At the same time, Hutchinson said, people in Trump’s orbit dangled jobs in front of her ― jobs that were withdrawn as she continued cooperating with the committee.

Source: Cassidy Hutchinson Says ‘Trump World’ Lawyer Told Her To Mislead Jan. 6 Panel | HuffPost Latest News

Ukraine

Canada Is Happy to Provide Ukraine With Weapons — But Not Debt Relief

Although Ukraine is hobbled by the debt it owes its international creditors, Canada’s support for the country does not include any debt relief. It does, however, include guns and even more loans.

Source: Canada Is Happy to Provide Ukraine With Weapons — But Not Debt Relief

Fight against Fake News, Fighting Fake News

Old Dog Thought- LNP MPs are in the main ex- lawyers seen complaining the ABC has better ones because their constant barrage tends to be brushed aside and fails to get traction
Peta Credlin

Fighting Fake News with REAL, 8/12/21; Biden tells Morrison to “jump”; Credlin’s seeming apology; LNP lawyers complain the ABC has better lawyers than them;

Trump

Trump’s ‘Stop The Steal’ Lying Lawyers Are In BIG Trouble | Crooks and Liars

Trump's 'Stop The Steal' Lying Lawyers Are In BIG Trouble

What you CAN’T do, if you are an attorney in court, is LIE to the judge. And if you bring a case to court, everything you, as an attorney, bring as evidence to the court? You’d better be sure it checks out. If you are sloppy, lazy, or lying, you can be fined, disbarred, and even jailed. Because you as an attorney are already considered “under oath” as an officer of the court. Lin Wood and Sidney Powell are sloppy, lazy, liars.

Source: Trump’s ‘Stop The Steal’ Lying Lawyers Are In BIG Trouble | Crooks and Liars

Women

Christian Porter allegation: Annette Kimmitt’s MinterEllision departure is not surprising
Minter Ellison chief executive Annette Kimmitt has agreed to leave over an email she sent to staff.

When I was sexually harassed as a young lawyer at a top-tier firm, even though the HR department upheld my complaint, the miserable person who departed the company a few months later was me, not my harasser. He still works there.

Christian Porter allegation: Annette Kimmitt’s MinterEllision departure is not surprising
Informed Comment

The Presumption Of Innocence Is Reserved For Those With A Good Lawyer… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Too often we say that someone was cleared of an offence when it was simply that there wasn’t enough proof to convict. O.J. Simpson was found “Not guilty” but I’d suggest that nobody would be prepared to say categorically that he was innocent of the crime. So with no complainant and the police unlikely to proceed, exactly what can happen from here? Mm, well I’m pretty sure the police won’t be proceeding, so we’re left with the Monopoly card. If nobody’s convicted then everyone’s not guilty and entitled to the presumption of innocence and that’s the way it should be, because under this government unless it’s a hanging offence you don’t resign – unless you’re a woman. And the PM asked the alleged man and he allegedly rejected the accusation and that should be enough. I look forward to Martin Bryant’s release any day now…

The Presumption Of Innocence Is Reserved For Those With A Good Lawyer… – » The Australian Independent Media Network
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Donald Trump Doesn’t Appear to Have a Lawyer for His Impeachment Trial – Mother Jones

Trump’s many post-presidential perks will go away if he is convicted. Trump would get to keep his Secret Service detail, but the rest—”a pension, access to health insurance, office space and staff”—aren’t guaranteed.

Donald Trump Doesn’t Appear to Have a Lawyer for His Impeachment Trial – Mother Jones
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Donald Trump’s Pardons Were So ‘Poorly Worded’ That His Allies May Still Be Prosecuted, Legal Experts Say
President Donald Trump turns to reporters as he exits the White House to walk toward Marine One on the South Lawn.
Guess you get what you don’t want to pay for

Former President Donald Trump issued more than 100 pardons before leaving the White House, most of them to personal friends and political allies, including controversial figures such as Paul Manafort and Gen. Michael Flynn. According to a Saturday report from Business Insider, some legal experts believe that Trump’s pardons were so “poorly worded” that the individuals he pardoned may still be open to prosecution.

Donald Trump’s Pardons Were So ‘Poorly Worded’ That His Allies May Still Be Prosecuted, Legal Experts Say
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Trump’s Closing Message: I Will Cheat | HuffPost Australia
President Donald Trump acknowledges the crowd following a speech at a campaign rally in Fayetteville,...

WASHINGTON ― After four years of ignoring expertise, lying daily, and breaking both laws and “norms” with impunity, President Donald Trump headed into Election Day with a brazen pledge: that he will cheat by not counting all the ballots. “It’s a terrible thing when people or states are allowed to tabulate ballots for a long period of time after the election is over because it can only lead to one thing, and that’s very bad,” Trump told reporters traveling with him on Sunday, as he repeated his desire to end all vote counting on Tuesday night. “As soon as that election is over, we’re going in with our lawyers.”

Trump’s Closing Message: I Will Cheat | HuffPost Australia
LNP

Lawyer jokes? As always, the joke is on us. – » The Australian Independent Media Network

“Ysaiah Ross: Yes, I think there’s some truth about that. The fact that lawyers are in people’s minds all the time is probably very good for the profession, it probably generates more business. The Howard government, its Cabinet has more lawyers than any other Cabinet in the history of any Australian government. And it’s also the one which is least responsible for human rights. I find that very strange.”

Here we are, more than a decade later, with a parliament full to overflowing with tertiary qualifications. The abundance of lawyers is staggering, as is their mediocrity. It is the most unfunny ‘lawyer joke’ ever told, against which Duddo’s legal advice pales into insignificance.

via Lawyer jokes? As always, the joke is on us. – » The Australian Independent Media Network