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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJared Kushner's lawyer Jamie Gorelick just quit representing him in the Russia scandal.
Jamie Gorelick, the lawyer representing White House senior adviser Jared Kushner on matters relating to the Russia investigation, said Friday she will leave. Gorelick said she is wrapping up her work for Kushner related to omissions he made on ethics and security-clearance disclosure forms. Replacing Gorelick is Abbe Lowell, a criminal-defense attorney who has represented high-profile clients including John Edwards and Jack Abramoff.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/jared-kushners-russia-lawyer-drops-him
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)PJMcK
(22,102 posts)The excerpt refers to her as "she."
I do get your humorous point, however, bettyellen!
In fact, Ms. Gorelick is a very experienced DC attorney and I'm certain that she only took the job representing Kushner under her own terms, severely limiting her role and involvement. The excerpt says she was finishing her work "related to omissions he made on ethics and security-clearance disclosure forms." Correcting forms is procedural but working on a criminal and political case could be a disastrous mess.
I'd bet she is smart enough and connected enough to know that the Trumps have some profoundly serious problems that are coming to light.
exboyfil
(17,867 posts)Increasingly these folks are going to find Washington insiders not returning their calls (of course this has already happened).
I wonder if she was asked to knowingly put false information on a disclosure form.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Also, strangely enough probably aware that they were being lied to. Not a good place to be
elleng
(131,601 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,869 posts)His client lied to him and Jamie realizes there is no way to put together a good defense if new stuff keeps popping up.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,106 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,869 posts)malaise
(269,502 posts)on steroids.
Men are scared shitless - they know they have been caught
Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)malaise
(269,502 posts)I'm expecting more -it's Friday evening
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)I'm not a Chris Christie fan in any way, shape, or form, but I can imagine the sights and sounds of him laughing his ass off after Jared's many attempts to block him from a position in the administration after what he did to Daddy.
Then again, Trump will probably issue a full pardon, no matter what happens.
Still worth it to see this particular worm twisting on the hook.
malaise
(269,502 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,258 posts)I'm not sure what this means, but it's a big deal. Gorelick took a ton of grief for representing him due to her being a loyal Democrat. For her to suffer through all the criticism and THEN dump him means that something significant happened.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)exboyfil
(17,867 posts)as far as I am concerned.
Everyone, including the sleaziest defendant, is entitled to a proper defense.
I strongly doubt she would leak information.
If she leaked a client's information she would be disbarred, sued, and quite possibly prosecuted.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,106 posts)She would know better. All lawyers know better. Attorney-client communications are absolutely privileged with a few very limited exceptions. If she leaks anything Jared told her she'd be disciplined severely, possibly disbarred.
Sanity Claws
(21,869 posts)Jamie cannot defend him if he doesn't tell her everything. You can't mount an effective defense if relevant stuff that your client never told you about comes out.
It then looks like she is not a good attorney, when the real problem is the client and his lying.
spanone
(136,008 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,522 posts)You'd assume Jared knew this, being a lawyer himself
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,106 posts)and likely a sleazy one. I doubt that much of what he was taught in law school mattered to him.
Brother Buzz
(36,522 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,106 posts)We don't need no steenking ethics.
GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,586 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,052 posts)The Trumps will get all they deserve.
onecaliberal
(33,035 posts)MiddleClass
(888 posts)Now, probably a full-fledged criminal offense lawyer is required, to defend against a possible indictment?
Maybe Mueller informed Jarrett that he is now a target. Maybe 666 5 Avenue financing shenanigans.
A Russian CEO of the bank that is known to be Vladimir's piggy bank meeting Jarrett's secret
Other Russian mobsters turned investors?
DeminPennswoods
(15,310 posts)Gorelick isn't a trial lawyer, but she knows the DC bureaucracy and what needs to be done to fulfill the paperwork requirements. I'm sure she was happy to leave the whole mess behind after doing what she was hired to do.
Abbe Lowell is an experienced criminal defense lawyer although the clients mentioned in this thread didn't get off.
MiddleClass
(888 posts)Death penalty turned into life in prison.
20 year corruption sentence turned into five-year corruption sentence.
Five-year corruption sentence turned into 6 months + probation.
When all else fails, break glass sort of thing
BSdetect
(9,001 posts)exboyfil
(17,867 posts)Goonch
(3,629 posts)Vinca
(50,346 posts)Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)CanonRay
(14,163 posts)lpbk2713
(42,784 posts)No one wants anything to do with them.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,106 posts)a top-notch career. I doubt she wants the stench of the Trump swamp stuck to her at this point in her life.
WhiteTara
(29,740 posts)Jared picked that attorney. I hope Lowell's track record keeps up.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,106 posts)hopelessly guilty that there's no way you can get them off completely; you can only do damage control. Lowell might have got these clients a shorter sentence than other lawyers might have done.
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