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Ain't it the truth, tho?
emptywheel (check) @emptywheel 2hReupping: Todd Blanche filed his notice of appearance in the Ghislaine Maxwell docket NOT as Deputy Attorney General (tho that's how he signed his unseal request), but as Donald Trump's personal defense attorney.
This may just be slovenly lawyering. Or it may be reality.
...Trump plays out his 'unaware' card:
Trump on Tuesday said he was not aware of the Justice Department’s outreach to Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted sex offender and associate of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, but he suggested he was OK with it amid outcry from some of his supporters for more information surrounding Epstein.
“I don’t know about it, but I think it would be something that sounds appropriate to do it,” Trump said when asked about an announcement from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche that he had contacted Maxwell’s lawyers about an interview.
Trump also brushed off a question about whether he was concerned that Blanche, his former personal attorney, would be the one speaking with Maxwell given Trump’s connection to Epstein.
“He’s a very talented person. He’s very smart,” Trump said of Blanche. “I didn’t know they were going to do it. I don’t really follow that too much. It’s sort of a witch hunt.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5413652-trump-unaware-justice-dept-maxwell/
“I don’t know about it, but I think it would be something that sounds appropriate to do it,” Trump said when asked about an announcement from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche that he had contacted Maxwell’s lawyers about an interview.
Trump also brushed off a question about whether he was concerned that Blanche, his former personal attorney, would be the one speaking with Maxwell given Trump’s connection to Epstein.
“He’s a very talented person. He’s very smart,” Trump said of Blanche. “I didn’t know they were going to do it. I don’t really follow that too much. It’s sort of a witch hunt.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5413652-trump-unaware-justice-dept-maxwell/
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