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Trump's lawyers will 'cut their losses' when indictments come: Guardian reporter
June 3, 2023 9:07AM ET
Donald Trump with his legal team in a Manhattan court room (Photo by Timothy Clary for AFP)
Appearing on MSNBC on Saturday morning, Guardian reporter Hugo Lowell predicted a massive reshuffling within Donald Trump's legal team if and when special counsel Jack Smith secures an indictment of the former president.
Speaking with host Katie Phang and co-panelist Joyce Vance, Lowell claimed the chaos among Trump's team of lawyers — who have reportedly been bickering and fighting with each other over strategy — has settled down for now but that can be expected to change if Smith files charges.
With Vance speculating when indictments may come down, host Phang asked Lowell about his reporting on the Trump lawyer turmoil.
Noting that Lowell has called the former president's battling lawyers a "trainwreck," Phang asked, "The fact there's a level of disorganization and infighting in Trump's legal team, [is that] going to create more problems for Donald Trump?"
"I think, you know, it's certainly possible, right?" he replied. "We reported this week that there's been a level of distrust and interpersonal conflict, that we did not previously appreciate. And it has been going on since September and it has lasted all the way through and along the way, there's been a murder-suicide pact."
"Along the way there have been some lawyers withholding legal deliberations and kind of legal strategy, thinking from other co-counsel because they were worried they might brief their sort of perceived rivals," he added. "This, I think, reached a head a few weeks ago when Tim Parlatore, one of the lawyers on the legal team, resigned."
Adding that it appears the lawyers are "on their best behavior" now, he continued, "I think if it does get an indictment, you should probably expect a reorganization of the legal team."
"We should be looking at whether the reorganization is to kind of cut their losses about their last team, and see if they can start a new one," he added.
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