Oops there goes the cachet
Poor Don. No sooner does the Post report that he’s hoping to add an actual grown-up lawyer to his legal team than it has to update with the news that no he won’t, because the actual grown-up lawyer said hell no.
President Trump’s legal team has at times rivaled its client when it comes to unforced errors and strange behavior. And the team became even more colorful Monday when it added Joseph E. diGenova, a former U.S. attorney who has spent recent months detailing a deep-state conspiracy against Trump on Fox.
But the latest potential addition to Trump’s team could take things in a totally different — and more disciplined — direction.
The Washington Post’s Robert Costa and Carol D. Leonnig report Trump is trying to bring well-known and well-regarded GOP attorney Theodore B. Olson onboard in a move that would seriously up the cachet of Trump’s legal team.
Potential but not actual. Could but didn’t. Trying but failed. Would but won’t, cachet but no.
There is an actual downside to being a posturing bullying clown. Maybe now that Trump really seriously needs some serious lawyers, he will find out what that downside is.
Glad to see that some Republicans have a spine.
Or, at least, have enough intelligence not to want to climb on the runaway train to nowhere.
Hell, you can be a posturing bullying clown and still get quality representation, as long as you’re willing to listen to advice and turn off the posturing, bullying, and clownishness when necessary. (Oh, and pay your damn legal bills — let’s not forget that bit of Trump’s history, too.)
“Or, at least, have enough intelligence not to want to climb on the runaway train to nowhere.”
I’d say it’s more like jumping into a burning septic tank.
Ted Olson fought was one of the leading lawyers on the team that challenged California’s Proposition 8 (the one that banned gay marriage.) He’s not the sort of numpty to join Trump’s team.