Every lawyer has horror stories about terrible clients, especially those you have to represent in court cases. There are clients who lie to you and make you take the fall when you have to change their story in court; clients who have unreasonable expectations of success; clients who tell you to do something and then get mad once you’ve done it; clients who won’t stop running their mouths when you tell them to let the lawyers do the talking; clients who constantly change lawyers when they get advice or outcomes they don’t want to hear; and — of course — clients who don’t pay the bills.
The Trump campaign’s challenges to the 2020 election vote counts make clearer than ever something we have known for some time: Donald Trump is the client from hell. His words and actions constantly undermine his chances of success in court, and have contributed to the nasty, public harassment campaigns against his own lawyers. Over and over, Trump has spoken out in irresponsible and reckless ways about the election. He has created false expectations about what his legal team could prove in court, poured gasoline on combustible fears about election fraud, and peddled outright lies and conspiracy theories.
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