New developments in Repubs in Disarray!, courtroom edition: AJ Delgado is kinda crazy but I suspect she’s one of the last people in politics you’d want to treat wrongly. She’s probably trying to blow up Trump’s campaign, probably has a good plan for how to do it, & appears to be relentless. https://t.co/z13xAoBJQt — Dana …
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It was not immediately clear whether LaRocca Hornik, which has its offices inside 40 Wall Street, a building in downtown Manhattan that is owned by Mr. Trump, intends to cut all ties with him. But such a break would hardly be new. In January, one of Mr. Trump’s defense lawyers, Joe Tacopina, said he would no longer represent him. Last year, at least four of his other lawyers, representing him in a variety of civil and criminal cases, stepped aside.
Ms. Delgado, who is representing herself in the matter, objected to the withdrawal in a filing Monday, arguing it should not be allowed until the discovery process has been completed and calling the request a “scheme to avoid compliance.” …
man when you're too toxic for lawers
— Snarky Panda (@TrashPandaFTW) May 1, 2024
When you withdraw, this is how you’re usually supposed to try & do it, without public explanations which harm your client. My assumption is it’s concerning payment & the firm has just had enough but can’t take further action while still representing him in an ongoing case
— John (@jcsnotes) May 1, 2024
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You mess with the bull…
Hunter Biden vs. Fox News
Why you won’t read his actual letter on mainstream news sites.
And how there’s something in the letter that points to the future of the news business and a HUGE issue on the public policy front…https://t.co/foZDDCNNlW— Eriq Gardner ?? (@eriqgardner) April 30, 2024
Eriq Gardner, at Puck:
Of course Hunter Biden has hired ubiquitous entertainment industry litigator Bryan Freedman—yes, the same attorney who has advised Chris Cuomo and Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson—to threaten Fox News with legal action over its unhealthy obsession with him. Having marshaled a legal team that also includes fellow heavy hitters Mark Geragos and Tina Glandian, Hunter is making it abundantly clear that he won’t tolerate being continually smeared with what he describes as baseless allegations linking him and his dad to a bribery scheme. His message to Fox News? Clean up your act, set the record straight, and ax The Trial of Hunter Biden from the Fox Nation streaming service.
While word of these demands is spreading like wildfire in the media, don’t hold your breath waiting for the letter itself to appear on mainstream news sites. That’s likely because the demand letter is NSFW. Yes, the notorious intimate snapshots from Hunter’s stolen laptop have found their way into The Trial of Hunter Biden, which his legal team argues is a breach of “revenge porn” statutes and constitutes a copyright infringement. But rather than simply, and chastely, asserting the illegality of publishing someone’s selfies sans consent (the Freedman letter nods to Ellen DeGeneres’ iconic Oscar photo a decade ago, where Bradley Cooper inadvertently became the “author” simply by holding the camera), Hunter’s legal squad has gone one step further by including the risqué images themselves. That’s highly unusual, in my experience, and likely a tactic to limit circulation of the letter. (I’ve gotten my hands on it, but I’ll spare you.)
As for the bribery allegations, Team Hunter points to the recent indictment of former F.B.I. informant Alexander Smirnov, who was charged with fabricating a story about Joe and Hunter Biden accepting $5 million each from Ukrainian energy company Burisma. They cite Fox’s “brazen” and “no remorse” coverage of Smirnov’s arrest, and demand that Sean Hannity, Jesse Watters, and Maria Bartiromo inform their viewers that they’ve been sharing a debunked allegation from an indicted source. (There’s no obligation under libel law for follow-up coverage of new facts, although Fox could mitigate damages for past defamatory statements.)…
… Fox News spokesperson tells me that out of an abundance of caution, it has removed the series from its streamer while they evaluate the concerns raised…