When
you’ve
finessed
an
ungodly
amount
of
money
from
leveraging
your
position
as
President
of
the
United
States,
there’s
only
one
thing
to
do
when
you’re
caught
red-handed
tarnishing
the
legacy
of
innocent
men.
Apologize?
No,
that’s
for
poors!
When
push
comes
to
shove,
you
shove
back
by
spending
money
on
some
of
the
best
lawyers
you
can
find!
Reuters
has
coverage:
U.S.
President
Donald
Trump
has
beefed
up
his
defense
team
in
a
defamation
lawsuit
related
to
the
overturned
Central
Park
Five
convictions,
adding
a
senior
lawyer
from
prominent
law
firm
DLA
Piper.Caryn
Schechtman,
who
leads
DLA
Piper’s
securities
and
financial
investigations
practice,
signed
a
brief
Trump
filed
Thursday
in
the
3rd
U.S.
Circuit
Court
of
Appeals
seeking
to
overturn
a
decision
that
allowed
the
case
to
move
forward.
Working
for
Trump
is
a
bold
move.
Even
if
you
brush
aside
the
ethical
complexities
of
defending
a
convicted
felon
who
has
extensive
connections
with
the
highest
profile
child
sex
ring
in
recent
history
after
he
accused
exonerated
men
of
being
rapists,
what’s
the
payoff
gonna
be?
While
Trump
is
good
at
getting
paid,
he
has
a
heavily
documented
history
of
not
paying
the
people
who
work
for
him.
Dude
has
skimped
out
on
hundreds
of
people.
And
as
hopeful
as
it
might
be
to
think
that
he
just
screws
over
the
little
people
and
not
the
lawyers
saving
his
ass
in
court,
the
$1.6M
he
owes
to
12
different
firms
points
to
the
contrary.
That
said,
he’s
been
known
to
pay
in
other
ways.
He’s
taken
care
of
Todd
Blanche
and
Emil
Bove,
maybe
this
is
Schechtman’s
way
of
pivoting
to
a
new
role?
Dealing
with
proto-dictators
is
one
way
to
ensure
job
security
in
these
trying
times.
And
if
it
isn’t,
we’ll
be
happy
to
add
Schechtman
to
the
list
of
lawyers
that
got
screwed
over
by
the
guy
known
for
screwing
his
lawyers
over.
Trump
Expands
Legal
Team
With
DLA
Piper
In
Central
Park
Five
Defamation
Case
[Reuters]
Earlier:
Offhand
Lie
About
Central
Park
5
Lands
Trump
Back
In
Legal
Trouble
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boat
builder
who
is
learning
to
swim
and
is
interested
in
rhetoric,
Spinozists
and
humor.
Getting
back
in
to
cycling
wouldn’t
hurt
either.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at
[email protected]
and
by
Tweet/Bluesky
at @WritesForRent.