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Michelle Dostie's avatar

It’s entirely clear now that you mentioned the disbarment of Attorneys for Trump. The other factor is the Project 65 nonprofit. President Trump has a difficult time hiring high level attorneys because of the risk. John Eastman who represented him after the 2020 election, has lost his ability to earn his once substantial income, has many appeals to make before judgment is rendered, and the possible sentence is 20 years which would be life. It seems that rather than placing all the burden on the attorneys, the onus should be placed on the associations that punish them, not for breaking the RPC, but for representing one particular client.

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Michelle Dostie's avatar

Note- John Eastman is charged for contesting the AZ election, yet he filed no briefs, was not in the State of AZ, and his name is not on any paperwork. It is possible he counseled his client on the constitutional law, and how it has been used throughout our history for contested elections. Maybe. But that’s not criminal. It’s an agreement with a client for retaining his counsel.

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Rhoda Forbes-Kirk's avatar

From my perspective and from what I’ve seen, the Rules are part of the game, the scam. Yes, attorneys are obligated to know the Rules and are bound by them, BUT they are used as a weapon against only certain attorneys . That is the reality. The ‘ favored’ attorneys can violate the Rules with impunity- no consequences. A bad joke. Disheartening.

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The Runnymede Report's avatar

Hi again, Rhoda Forbes-Kirk. The Runnymede Report has a newsletter that documents exactly what you are talking about, in terms of favoritism. It’s entitled: “The Federal Protection Racket. Here is the link: https://therunnymedereport.substack.com/p/the-federal-protection-racket-800?r=3tdx2w

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The Runnymede Report's avatar

Hello Rhoda Forbes-Kirk. Yes, the rules are abused by those in power. We can defeat the disheartening the effect by letting the public know what they did so that it can be changed.

The state bar associations and all their accomplices depend upon the public not knowing. Once the public knows it will like a house of cards because the standard is so clear as to what they are violating. The people's court in Berlin in Nazi Germany had defendants brought in under predetermined guilty verdicts. When the prosecutors, with the collusion of the state bar association, leverage the news media to get guilty verdicts they are following the same

People's Court corruption. And when the American people knows they will be outraged.

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