The departure of attorney Joe Tacopina comes as the order and dates of the former president’s many trials remain in doubt.
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Former president Donald Trump is accompanied by members of his legal team, Susan Necheles and Joe Tacopina, as he appears in court for an arraignment on charges stemming from his indictment by a Manhattan grand jury following a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, in New York City, April 4, 2023.
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Iowa caucus day happens to be the eve of jury selection in former president Donald Trump’s second E. Jean Carroll trial — a civil case over defamation damages in Manhattan federal court. He will be facing it, along with the state case against him in Manhattan criminal court, without his best trial lawyer.
The Times’s Maggie Haberman reports that Joe Tacopina has withdrawn from representation of Trump in both those cases.
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Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.
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Iowa caucus day happens to be the eve of jury selection in former president Donald Trump’s second E. Jean Carroll trial — a civil case over defamation damages in Manhattan federal court. He will be facing it, along with the state case against him in Manhattan criminal court, without his best trial lawyer.
The Times’s Maggie Haberman reports that Joe Tacopina has withdrawn from representation of Trump in both those cases.
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About the Author
Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.
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