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Pilgrim said:
It seems the pundits don't think adding Blanche is a big deal. Leaving his current law firm may have been related to his contract with them, but nobody's talking about it. Everybody's jumping to the conclusion that Trump made this decision himself on the spur of the moment, but big hitters like Blanche don't take spur of the moment offers. This was probably a team decision and they may have been negotiating for days or weeks. Regardless, it adds someone who has extensive experience dealing with the NY AG's office and a successful track record against them.

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Trump's new lawyer Todd Blanche got Manafort indictment dismissed

Trump's new attorney, Todd Blanche, got a criminal indictment against Paul Manafort dropped in a major victory against the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.
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Yes, he looks like a quality lawyer. Good addition to Trump’s team. It’s just that it appears that he couldn’t stay with his law firm because they would be blackballed and ostracized for having Trump as a client. That’s an example of how toxic a political environment NYC is.
 
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coalminer said:
Well if he would have whipped out his personal check book and wrote the check directly to her, there would be no criminal proceedings going on right now.
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Exactly! Paying a porn star to stay silent is not a crime. Lying about doing so on your business books is.

We do not yet know what the charges will be because we have not yet seen the indictment. But it has been widely reported that the charges are likely to involve the falsification of business records. If that's true, Trump could have avoided this whole big mess by simply not lying about the nature of this expense. Had he treated it as a straightforward business expense, Trump probably could have written a business check and recorded it as a consulting fee or confidentiality agreement fee or other such thing.

If the reporting is correct, the problem is not the payment itself. The problem is the FALSFICATION of business records.
 
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muttly said:
Yes, he looks like a quality lawyer. Good addition to Trump’s team. It’s just that it appears that he couldn’t stay with his law firm because they would be blackballed and ostracized for having Trump as a client. That’s an example of how toxic a political environment NYC is.
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I don't think it is that Trump specific. If he was a partner or high-raking lawyer at that firm, it could very well be that he would not be permitted to represent any client that was not a client of that firm. He may not have left because his firm was worried about being blackballed. He may have left simply because he wanted to embrace the opportunity representing Trump provides. I've not seen any talk that he was fired from his firm. It seems to me he left on his own accord for his own reasons.
 
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Pilgrim said:
It seems the pundits don't think adding Blanche is a big deal. Leaving his current law firm may have been related to his contract with them,
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I think so too, yes. It's not about Trump specifically or the firm's fear of being blackballed.
Pilgrim said:
Everybody's jumping to the conclusion that Trump made this decision himself on the spur of the moment, but big hitters like Blanche don't take spur of the moment offers. This was probably a team decision and they may have been negotiating for days or weeks.
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Maybe. But we have no way of knowing. My recollection of some high-profile cases includes times when big-hitter lawyers moved quickly to take on a new client or case.
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Regardless, it adds someone who has extensive experience dealing with the NY AG's office and a successful track record against them.
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True.
 
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If you don't think the law firm wouldn't be blacklisted for representing trump your either stupid or a fool.....it is why the lawyer left the firm to protect them and to be the one to help trump....and it should make you think if a Democrat lawyer wants to defend trump it should make you scream why loudly.....why defend the enemy?
 
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ATeam said:
I don't think it is that Trump specific. If he was a partner or high-raking lawyer at that firm, it could very well be that he would not be permitted to represent any client that was not a client of that firm. He may not have left because his firm was worried about being blackballed. He may have left simply because he wanted to embrace the opportunity representing Trump provides. I've not seen any talk that he was fired from his firm. It seems to me he left on his own accord for his own reasons.
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His very statement says otherwise.
 
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Here is how they came up with 34 counts:

"In total, 34 false entries were made in New York business records to conceal the initial covert $130,000 payment," the statement said. "Further, participants in the scheme took steps that mischaracterized, for tax purposes, the true nature of the reimbursements."

So it pretty much is what I thought, he tried to write off this payment as a business expense. Im sure in his mind that is perfectly acceptable but the law says no. And dont get me wrong, he isnt the only one doing this, they need to go after everyone who is doing this.
 
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