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David Nakamura
@DavidNakamura
Trump has instructed aides not to pay Giulianis legal fees and the president did not appreciate a demand from Giuliani for $20,000 a day in fees, per @PhilipRucker @jdawsey1 @AshleyRParker https://washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-isolated-impeachment/2021/01/13/0595675a-55b6-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-isolated-impeachment/2021/01/13/0595675a-55b6-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html
When Donald Trump on Wednesday became the first president ever impeached twice in a bipartisan rebuke, he did so as a leader increasingly isolated, sullen and vengeful.
With less than seven days remaining in his presidency, Trumps inner circle is shrinking, offices in his White House are emptying, and the president is lashing out at some of those who remain. He is angry that his allies have not mounted a more forceful defense of his incitement of the mob that stormed the Capitol last week, advisers and associates said.
Though Trump has been exceptionally furious with Vice President Pence, his relationship with lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani, one of his most steadfast defenders, is also fracturing, according to people with knowledge of the dynamics between the men.
Trump has instructed aides not to pay Giulianis legal fees, two officials said, and has demanded that he personally approve any reimbursements for the expenses Giuliani incurred while traveling on the presidents behalf to challenge election results in key states. They said Trump has privately expressed concern with some of Giulianis moves and did not appreciate a demand from Giuliani for $20,000 a day in fees for his work attempting to overturn the election.
As he watched impeachment quickly gain steam, Trump was upset generally that virtually nobody is defending him including press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, economic adviser Larry Kudlow, national security adviser Robert C. OBrien and Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, according to a senior administration official.
tanyev
(42,541 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,182 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)there goes the attorney-client privilege and Rudy can sing like a bird ...
bullimiami
(13,083 posts)underpants
(182,736 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,925 posts)the PERFECT response! If you did NOT expect this, call the coroner - you need to be seen by him.
underpants
(182,736 posts)I think its hilarious
Cha
(297,123 posts)has turned on the Ghoul!
Hekate
(90,633 posts)...to discover that Trump would stiff someone who worked for him, and throw a friend under the bus.
RainCaster
(10,857 posts)But nobody has ever accused DFT of being smart.
Dem2theMax
(9,650 posts)where he actually started talking?
(I know, he talks all the time.)
But this time, telling the truth?
I know, it's a long shot.
MyOwnPeace
(16,925 posts)about the "Boy Who Cried 'Wolf!"?????????
There's NO WAY ANYBODY could tell if Rudy was telling the truth, no matter how many times he included 9/11,9/11, 9/11 etc., etc...........
PJMcK
(22,025 posts)Giuliani no longer has any credibility. No matter what he says, his statements are impeachable. The guy is a bald-faced liar.
RockRaven
(14,958 posts)his blanket pre-emptive pardon?
I could see Trump being mad at Rudy, so he won't pay him AND he won't give the pardon.
But I could also see that Trump sees the pardon he will intends to give as adequate payment, and so refuses to overpay by also paying cash.
central scrutinizer
(11,646 posts)Shocked that there is stiffing going on!
Quixote1818
(28,927 posts)msongs
(67,394 posts)Mike Nelson
(9,951 posts)... Donald must be going broke... Rudy will have to write a book for money... how will they pay their wives?
MyOwnPeace
(16,925 posts)Who would care to pay him to write it - and WHO IN HELL would ever buy the damned thing?
getagrip_already
(14,697 posts)There don't seem to be many lawyers left standing that will take him on. Once he loses the wh counsel's office and doj, he has nuttin.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Liberal In Texas
(13,542 posts)And wait until the checks clear. Maybe he'll be pro se - defend himself where he'll have a fool for a client.
getagrip_already
(14,697 posts)because they will eventually be shunned, disbarred, or arrested. Maybe all three for the lawyer trump trifecta.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)tRump walks alone, literally and figuratively.
MyOwnPeace
(16,925 posts)IQ45 walking through the empty halls of the White House, or the closed casinos, or the vacant TRUMP hotels, or the hundreds of closed Sears stores, just mumbling about how SO many people have said, "Sir, I wanted you to be my Maytag repairman, but I just didn't need you......... (maybe a "vision" thingie showing Speaker Pelosi saying those words....)
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)enough
(13,256 posts)AntiFascist
(12,792 posts)BlueStater
(7,596 posts)What a little brat.
Not that I feel the little bit sorry for that shitheel Rudy.
Raven123
(4,813 posts)UTUSN
(70,674 posts)spinbaby
(15,088 posts)Rudy thought he was going to get paid.
TeamPooka
(24,218 posts)BGBD
(3,282 posts)Rudy isn't worth a dime.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)You're on your own, ghoul!
Generic Brad
(14,274 posts)If the narcissist cant get what he wants, no one else gets a thing.
Brother Mythos
(1,442 posts)to represent Trump anyway. It's not a sure thing, of course, but I simply don't see Rudolph the Leaky Lawyer having anywhere else to go. Further, I doubt Trump has the money to pay for high-priced, first-class legal representation.
Marcuse
(7,475 posts)Smackdown2019
(1,186 posts)Trump would LOSE again if he does not pay, in court ....
Clients have to pay lawyers if agreements were made on representation. Trumpo will be a broken man and perhaps the orange will fade away.
TheFarseer
(9,319 posts)Nitram
(22,781 posts)dump in court.
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