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68. Creating chaos on the defense end is sometimes a strategy

Wed Jun 13, 2018, 01:34 PM

Jun 2018

Mumia Abu Jamal refused to cooperate with his court-appointed lawyer, demanded to be represented by a non-lawyer, and then appealed on the basis of ineffective assistance of counsel (unsuccessfully).

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Michael Cohen's attorneys have left his case. Cohen is likely to cooperate with federal prosecutors [View all] kpete Jun 2018 OP

Flip! SHRED Jun 2018 #1

Uh-oh! Someone wake up Rudy and wheel him out. dameatball Jun 2018 #3

Rudy is too busy sorting his own shit out because his 3rd wife is about to clean him out. sunonmars Jun 2018 #7

Okay, I guess it's time for "Mooch, 2.0" dameatball Jun 2018 #12

Maybe his 1st and 2nd wives can help her get the job done. LiberalFighter Jun 2018 #23

I love how his whole face tells you what a sad sack he is. calimary Jun 2018 #53

He just can't pay them. zentrum Jun 2018 #83

"They call him..." lastlib Jun 2018 #88

Wow bornfree17 Jun 2018 #89

Yup he's flipped, expect some raging bullshit tweets incoming. sunonmars Jun 2018 #2

No, he Hasn't noncliqer Jun 2018 #86

Well... noncliqer Jun 2018 #87

PLEASE cilla4progress Jun 2018 #4

Thats the lawyer equivalent of saying, you're fucked Michael. sunonmars Jun 2018 #5

It's a sign of one of two things: Adrahil Jun 2018 #32

I suspect... forgotmylogin Jun 2018 #51

Dunno.... In their arguments.... Adrahil Jun 2018 #52

Trump can ride it to the end and just pardon him Baconator Jun 2018 #70

Yeah, if he's going top do a pardon, that's how it will play out. Adrahil Jun 2018 #74

Trump can't pardon him on state charges. displacedtexan Jun 2018 #77

But aren't they all federal? Lulu KC Jun 2018 #79

He isn't being investigated by the State, so far as I know... Adrahil Jun 2018 #80

He will be. displacedtexan Jun 2018 #82

tRump has been paying Cohen's legal fees out of his re-election campaign funds. Zoonart Jun 2018 #76

Why, it's almost as if he didn't expecft a pardon in his future... brooklynite Jun 2018 #6

Trump may still throw him a pardon as a last desperate attempt OliverQ Jun 2018 #25

Eat it Mikey jpak Jun 2018 #8

Ruh-roh DeminPennswoods Jun 2018 #9

Great, now turn over all safeinOhio Jun 2018 #10

Off to the greatest page malaise Jun 2018 #11

Woooooooohooooooooo!!!!!!!! manor321 Jun 2018 #13

This is beyond HUGE. Damn it makes my day! I hope this thug is filling his pants right now! PearliePoo2 Jun 2018 #14

Kim who? Backwoodsrider Jun 2018 #15

The walls are closing in.... Takket Jun 2018 #16

Good Leith Jun 2018 #17

Doesn't Cohen or anyone asking for a pardon first have to be charged and entered a guilty plea Thekaspervote Jun 2018 #57

Nope Wednesdays Jun 2018 #78

We've been saying this all along on DU FakeNoose Jun 2018 #18

Avenatti: kpete Jun 2018 #20

Flip on who? Bleacher Creature Jun 2018 #19

Says who? awesomerwb1 Jun 2018 #21

+1, Red Don doesn't give a damn about his public image outside his sycophants and will pardon ... uponit7771 Jun 2018 #62

I thought he was just blue-wave Jun 2018 #22

Does Mueller really need Cohen? LiberalFighter Jun 2018 #24

Mueller had already handed him off to the SDNY. BumRushDaShow Jun 2018 #26

"(...lob a hit from an entirely different angle (money laundering from other countries, etc)" yonder Jun 2018 #39

If they're getting paid they shouldn't care donkeypoofed Jun 2018 #27

Even if they aren't getting paid, they aren't out until the judge lets them out jberryhill Jun 2018 #38

Do they have public defenders for federal cases? KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2018 #84

Yeah, but you have to be broke first jberryhill Jun 2018 #85

Like Pancakes on a Skillet djacq Jun 2018 #28

As one of the GOP finance big shots, doesn't he have enough GOP money to hire more lawyers? keithbvadu2 Jun 2018 #29

He's in so deep that any good lawyers probably don't want to be anywhere near him. bearsfootball516 Jun 2018 #31

Rudy? keithbvadu2 Jun 2018 #34

That's not how lawyers work jberryhill Jun 2018 #45

True but where's Cohen supposed to get the money to pay for the best? Thx in advance uponit7771 Jun 2018 #63

That's his problem jberryhill Jun 2018 #66

Got it, sounds like another wait and see uponit7771 Jun 2018 #67

Creating chaos on the defense end is sometimes a strategy jberryhill Jun 2018 #68

Ah, sounds like a hail marry but gives Cohen some time. I'm sure Red Don wont allow Cohen to ... uponit7771 Jun 2018 #69

Exactly. They took one look at the piles of incriminating LuckyLib Jun 2018 #55

If this happens, it's a BFD. NT Adrahil Jun 2018 #30

His attorneys aren't out unless the court lets them out jberryhill Jun 2018 #33

If Cohen wants to flip he isn't going to need to spend hundreds of thousands grantcart Jun 2018 #41

There is no motion on the PACER docket as of this moment jberryhill Jun 2018 #44

I think most people understand that in a serious case the judge is grantcart Jun 2018 #46

Thank you for this! tavernier Jun 2018 #48

WOHOO!!! Dem_4_Life Jun 2018 #35

Sing, sing a song louslobbs Jun 2018 #36

just a guess but I bet the attorneys saw those tapes Backwoodsrider Jun 2018 #37

Cohen's new theme song Yavin4 Jun 2018 #40

Or Crutchez_CuiBono Jun 2018 #42

Cohen might as well be walking around with a gunsight KCDebbie Jun 2018 #43

Hope he has lots of security. Lots of people don't want him talking. Fla Dem Jun 2018 #47

Maybe he should represent himself...n/t bluecollar2 Jun 2018 #49

huhm...he looks greyer, it seems. BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2018 #50

You're spot on... Corktown Jun 2018 #56

Yes, he looks broken.... BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2018 #60

Jump, you bastard, jump! nt Hekate Jun 2018 #54

LOCK HIM UP!!! axm Jun 2018 #58

Is he going into the witness protection program ? duforsure Jun 2018 #59

His next job jayschool2013 Jun 2018 #73

Cohen is running out of money to pay legal fees Gothmog Jun 2018 #61

Who has been paying them, one wonders.... shanny Jun 2018 #64

Tee hee! Cohen's lawyers see the writing on the wall. DinahMoeHum Jun 2018 #65

RE: likely hit the White House, family members, staffers and counsels hard." BadGimp Jun 2018 #71

To paraphrase Michael Cohen ... jayschool2013 Jun 2018 #72

Ricky-Ticky-Ticky - The Perp Walks on Its Way!' MineralMan Jun 2018 #75

I hope Trump pardons him. cstanleytech Jun 2018 #81