Did Trump’s lawyer bail because the ex-Prez is going down?

SAN FRANCISCO

Lee Heidhues 1.22.2024

Last week one of Donald Trumps’ lawyers bailed on his client.

Now we have been enlightened as to why Joe Tacopina may have decided he’s representing a Loser. And doesn’t want to be sitting next to Trump in the courtroom when he goes down.

Excerpted from The Hill 1.24.2024

When pressed in an interview with Al Sharpton if it is possible Trump could end up convicted in one of his criminal cases, Joe Tacopina said, “Oh, is it possible? Absolutely.“

Joe Tacopina, one of former President Trump’s New York trial lawyers, offered an unfavorable prediction for his former client’s ongoing legal battles and contended it is “absolutely possible” Trump will be convicted in one of his federal criminal cases.

In an interview with MSNBC’s the Rev. Al Sharpton on Saturday, Tacopina called some of Trump’s federal cases “serious” and “not to be taken lightly.”

The former president faces 91 felony counts across four federal and state indictments. This includes 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in New York City in connection with alleged hush payments to cover up an alleged affair.

Tacopina previously represented Trump in the hush money case, along with his appeal of a sexual battery civil lawsuit brought by longtime advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, but confirmed earlier this month he would withdraw from both cases.

Tacopina: I left the team because it was just my time. I had to follow my compass. My compass told me it was my time there was done. There are a lot of personal reasons that went into that. Things that I can't and won't discuss. pic.twitter.com/B1u2z9vHSA

— Acyn (@Acyn) January 20, 2024

“You have a jury of 12 who’s going to ultimately decide this,” Tacopina continued. “Jack Smith is a federal prosecutor who I knew from his days in Brooklyn. … They’re serious prosecutors, and these are federal cases and you have a jury here.”

Trump faces four felony counts in Washington, D.C., over allegations he was involved in a conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and stood at the center of a campaign to block the certification of votes for President Biden on Jan. 6, 2021.

In a follow-up question, Sharpton asked Tacopina to clarify if he believed they are “good cases” and “not just politics.”

“Look, do I think there’s a political bent to some of this, some of the way this was gone about? Yes, I do,” Tacopina responded. “Do I think these cases are invalid cases? Look, the grand jury voted to indict, and he’s going to have to face a jury in Washington, D.C.”

Former Trump lawyer says it’s ‘absolutely’ possible former president will be convicted