Well -- This Is... CUTE. Same Criminal Lawyer From The Bannon "WE Build The Wall" Fraud Case... Is Now Trump's Trial Lawyer In Criminal Payroll Matter.

Huh.

Small world, that. The defendants who were granted a mistrial earlier this year, on what I might style a. . . single juror's nullification, in the "We Build A Wall" charity fraud matter. . . has been hired to handle the Trump criminal payroll matter, now that CFO Weisselberg has taken a plea deal. I think this is. . . hilarious. May be the only lawyer willing to do Trump's work any longer. Here's that letter, just filed in Manhattan's federal courthouse:

. . .I have been retained to represent the Trump Payroll Corporation in its criminal trial scheduled to begin on the very same date as Mr. Shea’s retrial - October 24, 2022 - in the New York State Supreme Court. See People of the State of New York v. The Trump Organization, et al., 1473/2021. We make this request with the consent of Mr. Shea, as well as the consent of his codefendants, Brian Kolfage and Andrew Badolato, and their counsels, to the extent any retrial adjournments affect their sentencing dates which are scheduled in December. The government does not consent to this request.

I was contacted to be retained on this matter after the Trump Organization’s co-defendant and Chief Financial Officer, Allen Weisselberg, pleaded guilty three weeks ago. As part of his plea agreement, Mr. Weisselberg will be testifying against the remaining corporate defendants. Because this new development drastically changed the scope of the trial, additional counsel for the Trump Payroll Corporation defendant was needed. Susan Necheles, lead counsel for the Trump Organization, who is my mentor, friend, and arguably, one of the best trial attorneys in New York, personally recommended me and I was subsequently retained. Ms. Necheles recommended me without any prior knowledge of my trial schedule. . . .

This is starting to all fold in on itself, as Bannon himself is now indicted on New York state charges, for the We Build A Wall fraud. . . and his Trump-issued pardon will not protect him from THIS one. I wonder: will he hire this same lawyer, for that defense?! Grin.

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