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Ex-Trump Lawyer: I Can’t Say He Won’t Be Convicted

“The two federal cases are serious cases. I think they are not to be taken lightly. Let’s put it that way. That’s going to be something to really have to grapple with there. You can’t say there’s no way he will get convicted, there is no way he will be sentenced. You have a jury of 12 who is ultimately …

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Trump Lawyer Withdraws From Bragg And Carroll Cases

The New York Times reports: Joseph Tacopina, the trial lawyer on Donald J. Trump’s legal team with the most successes defending high-profile clients, will no longer represent the former president in his criminal trial in Manhattan, according to a notice sent to the court on Monday. Mr. Tacopina also withdrew on Monday from another case in which he was still …

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Trump Lawyer: We’ll Challenge Every Charge We Can

CNN reports: “We’re not doing anything at the arraignment because that would be showmanship and nothing more because we haven’t even seen the indictment yet. We will take the indictment, we will dissect it, the team will look at every potential issue that we will be able to challenge and we will challenge it,” Joe Tacopina told CNN’s Dana Bash. …

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Trump Lawyer: “Zero” Chance He’ll Take A Plea Deal

The Daily Beast reports: There is “zero” chance that Donald Trump will take a plea deal if the indictment against him goes to trial, a lawyer for the former president said Friday. Speaking on the Today Show, attorney Joe Tacopina said Trump was “shocked” that he was facing criminal charges, before deciding “we have to fight now.” When asked by …

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Trump Lawyer: He Didn’t Post That Baseball Bat Photo

“You know, Chuck, again, I’m not his social media consultant. I think that was an ill-advised post that one of his social media people put up and he quickly took down when he realized the rhetoric in the photo that was attached to it. I’m not accepting that proposition that his rhetoric created violence, I think violence was on the …

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