Interesting. And it will be interesting to see who shows up in court today to argue Trump's case.
I have not yet had time to carefully read the DOJ and Trump filings in this case but I have skimmed them. Having done that, it seems to me that those who are laughing at or criticizing the low quality of the Trump filings have a point. The DOJ filings are well organized and they make strong legal points backed by citations. The Trump documents read more like press releases and bad ones at that. They ramble from one topic to another with few legal citations and few arguments a competent judge would accept.
I've held off criticizing the judge who will preside over today's hearing. I prefer to give her the benefit of the doubt. But if she does anything other than refer this matter to the proper court, my opinion of her will plunge and I would expect her to be harshly overruled on appeal.
Trump's new attorney, Chris Kise, is said to be competent and highly respected among the people who know him in Florida. Based on the filings so far, it seems Trump is in desperate of such an attorney. We'll see how long this one lasts.
Trump has had good attorneys before but all of them seem to drift away. One of his attorney's went to jail (Cohen). Two have been sanctioned (Giuliani, Powell). Two more are likely to become witnesses against Trump or targets of investigations (Bobb, Corcoran).
Some say Trump has trouble with attorney's because he does not pay them. Others say it is because Trump does not listen to them. We have no way to know if either of those are true. But we do know that Trump turns over attorneys at a rapid rate. And based on his filings in Trump v. The United States, the attorney's he has relied upon there are not serving him well.
One final point. If you have committed criminal acts and the prosecutors can prove it, it does not matter how good your attorney is. You're going to be convicted.
