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Mar-a-Lago IT manager implicates Trump in classified files case (www.bbc.com)
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[+] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)
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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Can the lawyer be charged with some sort of crime?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yes, but usually disbarment is sufficient punishment for corrupt fuckers and a deterrent message to the legal community - permanently losing your livelihood and being publicly shamed in the process, while not a criminal proceeding, is extremely (and justly) punitive. That said, if there was a decent likelihood of the fucker becoming a media personality after disbarment, or otherwise capitalizing on their punishment, I'd suspect that a DA might consider criminal charges.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    A lawyer telling a client to commit perjury in a federal case surrounding a former head of state is absolutely worth prosecuting.

    This isn't Keny Lay pretending he didn't know what was for me on at Enron. This is a lawyer hired specifically to defend someone other than his client and intentionally telling his client to lie - which is knowingly and intentionally bad legal advice.

    A lawyer really can't do anything worse from a professional or legal standpoint.

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