Reacting to a federal judge's ruling that sets the stage for Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS to be tossed for blatant “self-dealing,” the legal experts of MS NOW were quick to point out that lawyers representing the president, including acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, now face their own legal peril.
In the order, Florida federal Judge Kathleen M. Williams referred the lawyers who brought Trump’s case against the IRS to the Florida bar for potential disciplinary proceedings, noting she was also forwarding her ruling to the New York bar which has an open investigation into Blanche.
Speaking with host Alicia Menendez, MS NOW’s Fallon Galagher was quick to point to the judge’s singling out of Trump attorneys in the 56-page document.
“There's sanctions agreements,” Gallagher reported. “One of Trump's attorneys can't actually practice in the Southern District of Florida for the next year and then there's also possible disciplinary referrals. So she is sending possible disciplinary action that gets sent to the state bars. She notably orders the clerk of this court to send her order to the state bars of both New York and D.C.”
“Why does that matter? Todd Blanche, who has his confirmation hearing to be attorney general on Wednesday, is barred in the state of New York. Stanley Woodward, who's the associate attorney general, barred in the state of D.C. — both of those bar organizations have active ethics complaints for both of them.”
“Michael Feinberg, we normally talk to you as a security analyst. I want you to put on your former attorney hat for me. How could this complicate the confirmation hearing later this week?” Menendez asked.
“Blanche, Woodward, frankly, a lot of people at the DOJ are playing a very dangerous game where they could lose their license to practice law,” he began. “And once that happens, you don't only lose your ability to be a member of your sort of ersatz political guild and earn a living the way you know how.”
“I will say this, as a former attorney, that is not a super high bar. Like if you can't meet it, you know, basically there are ambulance chasers and, you know, who are doing a better job than you just do the bare minimum ethically that you're supposed to and you don't get in trouble,” he added as Menendez smiled and Hofstra Law Professor James Sample reacted.
“It is not very often that I get multiple under-the-breath wows from James Sample,” Menendez joked.
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