It must be something being one of the few “lawyers” that Donald Trump has in the background. I put the word in quotes, because Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and Lin Wood may not be licensed to practice law for too much longer. But Alan Dershowitz still has a bar card in his wallet. He heard that Trump was served process upon at Mar-a-Lago and he mentioned that for the moment, nobody has contacted him to defend Trump — once again.
The lawsuit in question was filled by the NAACP and Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi. Daily Beast:
The suit names Trump alongside his attorney Rudy Giuliani and the right wing extremist groups, the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, as co-defendants and builds off the 1871 “Ku Klux Klan Act,” which was “intended to protect against conspiracies, through violence and intimidation, that sought to prevent Members of Congress from discharging their official duties,” according to a complaint. […]
The suit adds to a growing list of legal troubles now facing former President Trump, his family, and his associates, since leaving office.
After a victory at the Supreme Court in February, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance obtained copies of Trump’s tax returns. The paperwork is reportedly part of a city fraud investigation looking into whether the former president lied about the value of his assets in order to gain financial advantages.
It’s unclear who will represent Trump, the Proud Boys, and the Oath Keepers in the latest suit but court records show that Austin, Texas-based attorney Joseph D. Sibley IV accepted service of the suit on behalf of Giuliani. Sibley, a graduate of Harvard Law school, is a former U.S. Army Ranger.
“I am representing Mayor Giuliani in the Thompson lawsuit, and I will also be representing him in the Smartmatic and Dominion cases,” Sibley told The Daily Beast on Wednesday afternoon.
Maybe orange is the new orange. It could be. Keep your eyes peeled for stories on the legal blogs, this is going to get entertaining, very fast.
I’ve often said that if I could be in someone else’s place for just five minutes in history it would be Bill Anders in the Apollo 8 spacecraft when circumstances aligned to allow him to be the first person in human history to witness an “earth rise” as our beautiful planet appeared above the horizon. But you know what? I’m thinking this moment that it might be worth changing that to be the person who handed that envelope to Trump and said “You’re served!”
I’m honestly considered that. However I think, or at least hope there will come a moment in the future when a jury foreperson reads the word “Guilty” while looking right at Trump standing at the defense table. I’d REALLY want to be the person who gets that particular privilege.