Reply #5: Even if true, that is called being a good lawyer

[ekwhite]

Part of being a public defender is defending clients who people may see as repugnant - such as an indigent client. With nothing more than an email, we don't know the details of the case. Was the client actually unfairly accused? This is more common than you might think. Were there actual questions about the credibility of the twelve-year old girl? We don't know.

I would assume it is a smear until we have evidence to the contrary.

Edit

Boy this got a lot of posts really fast. The link to the article wasn't up when I first posted. Seeing the details of the case, I have to agree that Senator Clinton was being a good lawyer - the kind of lawyer I would want if I got into trouble. There is no real story here. I would still put it down as an unfair smear.