Yahoo News is reporting that “at least four major law firms” said no thank you when asked if they might be interested in representing unpopular President Trump. Why? Have you been paying attention? According to multiple sources, nobody thinks representing Trump is worth all the trademarks in China.
The unwillingness of some of the country’s most prestigious attorneys and their law firms to represent Trump has complicated the administration’s efforts to mount a coherent defense strategy to deal with probes being conducted by four congressional committees as well as Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller.
Trump went back to someone already in his employment, Marc E. Kasowitz—an east coast bulldog lawyer who has represented Trump in some of his numerous litigations in the past. But before that, Trump’s team thought it best to find someone that might have even a touch of experience in the field of “Are you about to be impeached? Our lawyers might be able to help you! Call now!” They all began talking about shampooing their hair and having a thing to do at a place.
“The concerns were, ‘The guy won’t pay and he won’t listen,’” said one lawyer close to the White House who is familiar with some of the discussions between the firms and the administration, as well as deliberations within the firms themselves.
Other factors, the lawyer said, were that it would “kill recruitment” for the firms to be publicly associated with representing the polarizing president and jeopardize the firms’ relationships with other clients.
Another lawyer briefed on some of the discussions agreed that the firms were worried about the reputational risk of representing the president. One issue that arose, this lawyer said, was “Do I want to be associated with this president and his policies?” In addition, the lawyer said, there were concerns that if they took on the case, “Who’s in charge?” and “Would he listen?”
Yahoo News also points out that there are likely many other law firms that rejected the president’s advances because even an ambulance chaser isn’t going to walk into an actual burning White House.