Ranking Trump's Terrible Lawyers

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[@kevinmurphy90]

I once got pulled over for a speeding ticket. Giuliani represented me in court and had the charge reduced to second degree murder.

[@MrClickity]

I wonder if Bob Marley was acting on Rudy's legal advice when he admitted to shooting the sheriff while defending himself against accusations that he shot the deputy.

[@tiffanyh1274]

@@MrClickity😂🤣😂

[@RobertEskuri]

I love finding funny comments inside threads mostly full of justified angry ones. 👍

[@johnladuke6475]

Just be happy he didn't get you the chair. You count as one of his success stories.

[@trevfindley]

You're not telling the whole story here. What charge did Rudi get? No way he represented anyone in court without implicating himself too...

[@hoan6909]

I don't know how Devin was going to handle it but the S-Tier just immediately evaporating with the deadpan "there are no S-Tier lawyers" delivery just killed me

[@steveschulte8696]

D and E levels evaporated just as fast as S level.

[@urazz7739]

I was thinking S-Tier was going to be worst-of-the-worst instead the best-of-the-best. 😆

[@tonywilson4713]

*HEY LEGAL EAGLE:* You claim Trump has NO "S-Tier" Lawyers, but I thought all his Lawyers were *SHlT!* Its would also explain why he goes through them like toilet paper. What else do you use to wipe up SHlT?

[@bethdumont9020]

Pp pm pp

[@lindsaycooper3213]

I dunno. Jack Smith would be A or S tier. Not on Trump's payroll but Trump was the one pushing for a special counsel. 😀

[@ronaldeliascorderocalles]

I love how everytime Trump lawyers talk about the "great amount of evidence they have" in the news, but when it's time to actually present that "evidence" in court, they don't say anything at all.

[@kempolar9768]

They went politician instead of lawyer, all big bluffs and promises with no actual substance.

[@FTZPLTC]

I mean... that's what he hires them for. It's not about winning cases or even fighting them - it's just about being able to say that there were a case and that it went to court, and then whining about the result. The viewers at home don't really care about the details.

[@vudangtung5638]

Yea those statement are not really for the court, they are for his followers to use as "gotcha" lines in internet arguments.

[@donaldwert7137]

@@FTZPLTC For some reason the term "cannon fodder" came to mind. (Edit: spelling)

[@PeroKezo]

It reminds me of evidence of russian hackers in 2016 election

[@bradlevantis913]

When you can categorize your lawyers in to “those who are named as co-conspirators and those who are not” things are not looking good for you

[@coolgamers2794]

DEMOCRATS FOR TRUMP!!! TRUMP WE MISS YOU!!! THE WORLD IS SAFER WHEN YOU were here! GEORGE FLOYD is PROUD of TRUMP exposing the CORRUPT COURTS! WE NEED TRUMP BACK! NO JUSTICE NO PEACE! FJB TRUMP 2024 GEORGE FLOYD LIVES MATTER & TRUMP LIVES MATTERS! PROTECT the REPUBLIC! KEEP USA Great again! TRUMP LIVES MATTER! GEORGE FLOYD and TRUMP LIVES MATTERS! F J B FREE POLITICAL PRISONERS!

[@hallway_revenant7919]

He eats steak with ketchup what did you expect

[@jeltje50]

​@@coolgamers2794I like this comment. Because it so blatant and obvious that it kinda makes. Me laugh. Like did the (Russian) bot makers program this thinking "heheheheh this comment surely is gonna persuade Democrats into becoming a Republican" while rubbing their hands together.

[@bubba200874426]

Weird how someone that doesn't pay their debts and won't follow procedure has problems getting good people to work for him.

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

Yeah....very weird indeed. As if spanky has been blacklisted or sumthin..

[@FTZPLTC]

Don't forget that he slags off virtually every former employee of his. As we all know, the best employers are the ones who do that, and it always makes us want to work for them.

[@jofy_peters3715]

@@FTZPLTC Even more generally....he won't shut up. There is a reason most lawyers say don't talk about the case till it is resolved. He self incriminates himself constantly.

[@donaldwert7137]

It's almost like people don't want to work (for him) any more.

[@CapitalCLYDE]

Pretty wild. The only explanation has to be a global conspiracy that would take millions of people not letting the cat out of the bag. Only possibility. (/s)

[@thebadshave503]

I feel like S tier has to exist but remain empty. An Iron Throne for the lawyer who emerges from mist and does the impossible: makes Trump shut up during a court case.

[@BroccoliAndCheese01]

I’m pretty sure that would require a medically induced coma

[@darnit1944]

​@@BroccoliAndCheese01That would result in the lawyers getting charged for assault. Instant F tier lol

[@cameronhermann9400]

Literally an impossible task

[@He1loEarthling]

@@darnit1944 Going that far for a client? instant S tier lol

[@darnit1944]

@@He1loEarthling Hey, we are talking about actually and successfully defending Trump here. At this point prosecuting or failing him seems very easy lol

[@FoNgThOnG]

"Let's start with S-Tier" "There are no S-Tier lawyers" Well played, Devin....Well played.

[@gorak9000]

I'm totally missing the joke - wtf is the "S" tier??

[@ProuvaireJean]

​​@@gorak9000S tier is the best tier. It's a term used in gaming (esports).

[@derekstein6193]

To be fair, there shouldn't be an A-Tier, either.

[@oohhboy-funhouse]

@@ProuvaireJean Incorrect. It pre-dates Esports by a decade or two. As far as I know it comes from Japan. It can go beyond S tier with SSS, usually with brawlers or score attack, eg Bayoneta, side scroller. It is born from Japanese culture of 'perfection / A-tier' via rote, with S tier a recognition of going beyond that.

[@kurteisner67]

​@@gorak9000I think the S is used as a stand-in for "supreme" or something like that to indicate that it's even better than the best of the alphabetically ranked tiers.

[@nobodyworthknowing8707]

Just the fact that I've never even heard of any of the lawyers in A tier before probably proves that they belong there.

[@FroggerbobT]

Or that you've never heard of the overwhelming majority of lawyers.

[@nobodyworthknowing8707]

True, I haven't. This is A tier relative to the lawyers willing to represent Trump. The bar for "excellence" is quite low. The fact is, I *have* seen most of these buffoons on screen giving interviews and making fools of themselves and thus know who they are. A decent lawyer is one actually doing his/her job and not fawning for the cameras. @@FroggerbobT

[@midn8588]

​@@FroggerbobTYes, this is their point

[@coolgamers2794]

DEMOCRATS FOR TRUMP!!! TRUMP WE MISS YOU!!! THE WORLD IS SAFER WHEN YOU were here! GEORGE FLOYD is PROUD of TRUMP exposing the CORRUPT COURTS! WE NEED TRUMP BACK! NO JUSTICE NO PEACE! FJB TRUMP 2024 GEORGE FLOYD LIVES MATTER & TRUMP LIVES MATTERS! PROTECT the REPUBLIC! KEEP USA Great again! TRUMP LIVES MATTER! GEORGE FLOYD and TRUMP LIVES MATTERS! F J B FREE POLITICAL PRISONERS!

[@Leah-Heala]

​@@coolgamers2794 XD the most totally sane trump supporter

[@raptorex83]

"Ellis started her legal career in traffic court in Colorado, where she was fired for incompetance, but won her unemployment appeal because the hearing officer determined that she was (quote) performing the duties to the best of her ability." I haven't lol'd that hard in a while.

[@armedwombat6816]

Only the best people.

[@ladyj.9350]

It’s like a line from a comedy show 😂

[@bubity100]

He would have been better off if he had stayed in his comedy shows and not get greedy to be president of the USA that's costing him so much gray hair to have to color.😅😅😅😅

[@tdsil]

Well that explains a lot about traffic court

[@jondunmore4268]

She attained the Peter Principle.

[@markfisher7962]

You didn't mention that Powell defended herself by saying that she wasn't lying because no reasonable person would have believed her statements.

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

That kind of self-loathing just cannot be bought!

[@FionaOfMountLawley]

It is impossible for me to believe that she was ever a particularly competent attorney. I just can't picture that. Why would any serious advocate would become a Trump surrogate ? Appearing as a fart-catcher, fine. Having the principal role of promoting unprovable theories in the media, you'd have to be deficient to not realise how that's going to end badly.

[@Mzee1084]

I think for some of them they like the publicity, and they are championed by the far right. Dershowitz for example used to be well respected, but he essentially began pimping himself out to the far right and gets a lot of money from right wing groups. Selling out any principles they may have had for fame and fortune.@@FionaOfMountLawley

[@patrickbateman1660]

They all do that. John oliver did the same. Tucker carlson also did it.

[@RandomSwiftie13]

​@@patrickbateman1660They aren't lawyers though...

[@kevinb5417]

A lot of people think lawyers have no integrity. These people are a great example of why so many people feel that way.

[@Nimelennar]

And it's not a fair characterization. It's just a tiny 99% of lawyers giving the rest a bad name.

[@culwin]

Ironically, it's Republicans who are often the loudest about hating lawyers, claiming they are all crooked.

[@stevenneiman1554]

You don't tend to hear about decent lawyers, because nobody ever gets famous for using their lawyers for good.

[@blitzburn2871]

On the other hand, the fact that these are best Trump can get with all the money he has goes a long way to show that there is still some integrity among lawyers.

[@johnladuke6475]

@@blitzburn2871 Well that, and it shows that they've heard how he likes to not pay his lawyers.

[@demonhoopa]

Making Attorneys Get Attorneys

[@MrMemodrix]

A list of lawyers who set the bar so low its actually being taken from some of them. I love it.

[@MaceTrek]

when a trump lawyer says "I passed the bar" they mean the TGI Friday's on the way to court..

[@sldoma]

They just set the bar on the ground and walked away from it

[@yvonnemuller9204]

Excellent comment. 1,000 upvotes.

[@edopronk1303]

briliant😅

[@normanreviewsgames698]

ngl I'm actually gonna miss Giuliani's trademark way of accidentally blurting things out. Truly the Mr. Magoo of attorneys.

[@tiffanyh1274]

😂😂😂 So true.

[@jurgnobs1308]

it's crazy to me that giuliani was once quite popular as the major of new york (although largely outside of new york)

[@yourpalfred]

​@@jurgnobs1308 yeah, as someone from the Midwest who essentially only knows him as a character on TV, it's wild to see how public perception of him has shifted over the decades

[@jurgnobs1308]

@@yourpalfred I'm in switzerland and in the past I only knew him as the major of new york who stood up against the italian mafia. I mean, he was the state attorney that lead the Mafia Commission Trial in the 80ies. obviously there have always been critizism of his political views. but he was definitely taken seriously. now he's a blabbering clown and puppet.

[@jbachman01]

@@jurgnobs1308Because of 9/11. Nothing brings unity like tragedy

[@Hatecrewdethrol]

Imagine paying $3 million, upfront, for a specific lawyer and then you ignore the advice of said lawyer

[@epothos1]

Same man failed at running a casino. Literally the house is supposed to win.

[@T61APL89]

And then pull a u turn when you cant find anyone better SAD

[@thefisherking78]

I can't get enough of it

[@cameronmurie]

@@thefisherking78 same as the whole USA. Soap Opera politics

[@jeffreyquinn3820]

I was an accountant for 20 years, and the more conservative the client was, the less likely they were to listen to us as well. They have this overwhelming need to prove to themselves that they know more than experts do.

[@nancypine9952]

John Lauro needs to be dropped to C Tier. He filed an appeal of Judge Chutkan's gag order, and the DC Circuit Court of Appeals wrote back to inform him that since he was not a member of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, he was not qualified to file appeals with them. They also told him how to find the forms. The man has been a practicing lawyer for more than 30 years, and he forgot he needed to join the Appeals Court Bar.

[@jsky2695]

I know your not an attorney, because if you were, you’d understand that Lauro is a named partner and a paralegal or junior attorney are usually responsible for completing those mundane task that are renewals and membership applications. That man probably hasn’t had to deal with a bar committee since the entire process was made available online & has absolutely never practiced in DC. His mistake was not bringing a paralegal on his business trip to look into the processes on his behalf. Big lawyers like that do trials, not research.

[@WolfRamAndHart]

@@jsky2695 He would have been specifically retained, with a new retainer agreement for this unusual appeal argument. Donald Trump is a big name client. So I disagree. It might seem to be a mundane task, but he should probably of made sure, and remembered that he wasn't admitted or licensed first. Unless the retainer agreement specified otherwise, I don't think that could be blamed on an overeager paralegal or junior associate.

[@hattielankford4775]

​@@jsky2695 1) *you're 2) So, you think ignorance is an excuse for violation? Good to know.

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

Well, props to the court of appeals for having so much patience.

[@pauldacus4590]

I like how _Top Tier_ Trump lawyers simply managed to get paid and not go to prison.

[@psterud]

Wait, they got paid? I missed that part. Trump doesn't pay his people with money, does he?

[@richardmillward3898]

@@psterudthey made him pay up front. Like a pay as you go type arrangement.

[@psterud]

@@richardmillward3898 Gotcha. Smart. SmartER, in any case.

[@fellowviewer1095]

​@@psterudhe uses PAC money

[@CarlinConnolly]

that's pretty much the definition of a top tier lawyer!

[@MitchellTF]

He hires terrible lawyers because he fired all the good ones, and no good lawyer would take a case where they are so screwed, and he doesn't pay out?

[@kreigguardsman3355]

Quite similar to Stalin

[@neilbiggs1353]

@@kreigguardsman3355 I'm now imagining if Trump's legal team got the 'Death Of Stalin' treatment... "You're not even human" "You're a testicle!"

[@junerussell6972]

Good lawyers tell him not to do things that he wants to do. He has to lawyer shop so that he can find ones that will support what he has already decided to do.

[@CakeofWisdom]

To be fair, none of his lawyers seem outwardly terrible. Trump is a terrible client asking them to defend the indefensible.

[@neilbiggs1353]

@@CakeofWisdom I don't know - to me, the ones who go on TV and try to mislead the public about what the law is, they qualify as terrible. They are undermining the legal system because if the guilty verdicts come back it is going to have Trump making all kinds of claims about how unjust the system is etc. You look at the fraud case that has just gone where he was giving different valuations to different bodies - that is inexcusable. Now if you gave the same wrong valuation to everyone, that would be an error, but to give different versions based on what gave you an advantage is pretty much the definition of fraud. Yet still his lawyers and him bleat about corruption...

[@dracoargentum9783]

I love how the A tier was just the lawyers who didn’t plead their case with the court of public opinion.

[@cmorris9494]

Smart men know how to shut up.

[@ZHZhuull]

What's even funnier is all of those atrial lawyers I believe just got sanctioned by the judge for how terrible they were behaving in court

[@alexturnbackthearmy1907]

@@ZHZhuull Its the best he got after all. As you saw, most of others are...slightly below average.

[@pantalaemon]

@@cmorris9494 shit, in this case i think it's not even about being smart, it's just basic lawyer shit

[@carolbaker2773]

Thats cause they all got paid upfront and its literally a job for them. The other lawyers are part of his cult at this point. They drank the Trump wine a while ago and paid $50 to do so.

[@elainejohnson6955]

When Trump was campaigning and said he would get a lot of jobs for people if he became President, I didn't know he meant he would hire a bunch of Lawyers to prosecute and defend himself. Too bad he doesn't pay them.

[@ChillyDippers]

It's not a job unless you get payed.

[@hattielankford4775]

​@@ChillyDippers Take several seats. - A mom

[@bobbybob3865]

Trump is also raising employment in the United States by increasing the need for prisons and their administrators and guards to house his former staff.

[@matthewludlam5433]

I had the opportunity to ask a former Bush Sr. executive why Trump's lawyers are all so bad. He paused and said, "they didn't use to be, but Trump would use any excuse to not pay his lawyers, after that no good lawyer would represent him for a worthless IOU"

[@Incognito1786]

I mean, how does somebody become "the richest man in the world" if they're out there paying for services rendered and all that? /s

[@user-wn3gr1ib2o]

That sounds like the truth actually.

[@peaceraybob]

I know! A former-Bush executive telling the truth! Should we call the MSM, or Guiness Book of Records?@@user-wn3gr1ib2o

[@doubtful_seer]

@@Incognito1786easy, they lie about their income. Most of the “richest” people you see about don’t actually have liquid assets, it’s all loans and stuff, plus the money made through exploitation (not even "wage slave" type stuff, but actual, full on exploitation)

[@Incognito1786]

@@doubtful_seer I'm aware. It was sarcasm.

[@82dorrin]

You mean the notorious fraudster who constantly breaks the law, fails to pay his attorneys and throws his associates under the bus has trouble convincing good lawyers to work for him? Shocking.

[@reinaemiya]

who could have expected that.

[@filipbitala2624]

@@reinaemiyaobviously nearly half of the US

[@samaeltheundying]

​@@filipbitala2624more than half the votes. Remember, Trump didn't win the popular vote either time.

[@peaceflowerstudios6833]

​@@samaeltheundyingwait, so is the US a democracy after all?

[@adampope5107]

​@@peaceflowerstudios6833kinda sorta. It used to be a lot worse when we couldn't even vote for senators.

[@RitzStarr]

Ellis getting slammed by basically being called mentally incompetent in the most formal way possible is way too funny

[@ultimateskillchain]

Yes, I was laughing through all that. Then the "but congrats on the new profile pic" really just topped it off beautifully 🤣

[@porscheoscar]

Ellis turned on Trump to back DeSantis which got her taken off Trump's donors list to cover her legal costs in Georgia. She had to start a Go fund me which has raised about 1/5 of what she's might need to avoid the Georgia State penitentiary.

[@tin-n-tan]

I know, I was pissing myself at that. 😂

[@OmDahake]

Yeah, same

[@samlanganke1262]

"All the President's lawyers" has to be a comedy show.

[@Jazzisa311]

I'd watch that. Imagine they all died and went to purgatory, where they have to live in the same house forever (like in the series Ghosts). They can't leave the premesis, and they can only move on once they've sufficiently changed enough to become better people XD

[@marcs4128]

or a nursery rhyme ... All the president's lawyers and all the president's men couldn't get Donald to shut up again ....

[@DinoAyrtonJansen]

In the world of politics, a tale unfolds, Of lawyers and presidents, their stories told. But in the land of Trump, things went astray, With lawyers facing challenges every day. First came Cohen, loyal and brave, But soon found himself in a legal maze. Stormy Daniels, hush money affair, Cohen struggled, caught in despair. Giuliani followed, with hair so grand, But his legal tactics didn't go as planned. In the courtroom drama, he often stumbled, With each misstep, Trump's case crumbled. Jay Sekulow, with his legal might, Tried to steer Trump's ship through the night. But the waters were rough, the storms severe, Trump's lawyers facing obstacles clear. Barr stepped in, with promises grand, But even he couldn't save Trump's brand. Lawsuits, scandals, and investigations galore, Trump's lawyers fought, but still, they bore. In the end, the story remains, Of lawyers entangled in political chains. With Trump at the helm, they struggled anew, In a legal battle they couldn't quite subdue. So here ends the tale of Trump's legal strife, A turbulent journey, a rollercoaster life. With lawyers who tried, but couldn't quite mend, The messes created by their president friend.

[@princesstriceestar]

The lawyer who won a case because "she was trying her best" is hilarious. So dumb she got a participation award/win 🤣

[@lilymarinovic1644]

Sad except that an incompetent got to keep being competent because "poor diddums was trying her best ..."

[@princesstriceestar]

@@lilymarinovic1644 super true

[@lilymarinovic1644]

@princesstriceestar just noticed how many typos I made in that post ... maybe that will teach me to not be too tough on others 🤣

[@scowlistic]

I think it was only her unemployment hearing.

[@jpdemer5]

@@lilymarinovic1644 That's why there's an "edit" button.

[@DanLifschitzEsq]

Very generous of Devin to keep Kise in A-tier after Judge Engoron set him ablaze this week and personally sanctioned him for his “egregious” “frivolous” and “obstreperous” making of “bogus arguments” ad nauseum in the NY fraud case.

[@urazz7739]

Might've made the video before the news of this got out. /shrug

[@DanLifschitzEsq]

@@urazz7739 Nope, he mentions it in the video (12:22) and says a future dedicated video on the smackdown is forthcoming.

[@NA-vz9ko]

I see! It must be relative. In other words, the other Trump lawyers were SO BAD that they make Kise seem A tier 💀

[@jebeda]

@@NA-vz9ko I think you meant Kise rather than Devin.

[@dangaspar1707]

Agree. Kise is B- at best

[@HMFan2010]

“No President of the United States has ever, in the history of our country, been baselessly investigated in such an outrageous and unlawful fashion.” Well, guys, (1) there’s a first for everything and (2) never before in the history of our country has a President of the United States shown such outrageous disregard for the law, disrespect towards our government, and disdain for Democracy. The F-tier being described as “The Star Wars Bar” level is 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@nobodyworthknowing8707]

Apparently Teapot Dome never happened

[@HMFan2010]

@@nobodyworthknowing8707 Coincidentally, both Harding and Fall were... wait for it... Republican’ts. I’m not saying the Democrats don’t have their faults but let’s be honest: the GQP is going down like the Titanic.

[@nobodyworthknowing8707]

In case it wasn't clear, I was mocking the person who said what you quoted, not you. @@HMFan2010

[@HMFan2010]

@@nobodyworthknowing8707 Sorry, I didn’t see the other reply, only yours. I’m glad the mocking was not meant for me. Now, to find that no-good, OTHER person who quoted me and apparently is worthy of mocking...

[@nobodyworthknowing8707]

It's fine. I realized maybe you thought otherwise. I was mocking the victim mentality from serial felon Donald Trump that no president that's done criminal things before has ever been investigated or condemned for them. @@HMFan2010

[@garychap8384]

*Q:* How many Trump lawyers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? *A:* None... with a team like that, the lightbulb is already screwed!

[@bobkoroua]

A. none, it's vital that the whole team learns to operate in the dark.

[@garychap8384]

@@bobkoroua Hahaha, good one, and so true : )))))

[@nancyx6390]

😅

[@garychap8384]

@@bobkoroua Love it!

[@edopronk1303]

😂

[@jaybee946]

That "A Tier" is very generous. It contains Chris Kise, who was just sanctioned and fined by Judge Engoron for misusing attorney funds and lying in court.

[@ValleyOakPaper]

Pretty sure there is no A tier but Devin was grading on a curve.

[@mycatistypingthis5450]

A tier for Trump, not A tier in general

[@Blodhelm]

Reminds me of the line from Breaking Bad, "You don't want a criminal attorney. You want a criminal...attorney." "It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off."

[@GZilla311]

@@ValleyOakPaperThe fact that the definition of A tier was "they just sit down and try to do their jobs (possibly/probably corruptly) instead of go on TV" says a lot.

[@davidbrown4540]

Low Bar City

[@Articulate99]

"It must be because they can't afford those great corporate lawyers who, everyone knows, are known for being Democrats". Brutal, just brutal.

[@moi01887]

The sad thing is, conservatives probably believe it.

[@kiriuxeosa8716]

I would say he can't afford a great lawyer because even a decent lawyer would read that idiot in a second and instantly know it'll cost him his entire career and he'd get nothing out of it

[@vernoneatwell5449]

That's just sad. Like really sad

[@Nn-3]

Mr. Eagle was speaking tongue-in-cheek. He wasn't actually saying they were all Democrats. He was saying that all good lawyers are Democrats *according to Trump*, who claims that he can't find good lawyers due to political persecution, but in reality, can't find good lawyers for completely different reasons.

[@SupremeRTS]

That was peak sarcasm

[@coolconner1029]

It's a little terrifying that we reached C tier in only 5 minutes for a 20 minute long video.

[@InXLsisDeo]

And really even the B tier is made up of total clowns.

[@Deus69xxx1]

worse is that the last HALF of the vid is f tier.

[@forkless]

What was it again? 98% of lawyers give the remaining 2% a bad name.

[@RGC_animation]

I remember a video that CGPGrey did where he ranked all the US states flag, and since most of the states flag were terrible, he had to divide up F-Tier in F-S all the way to F-F. I think many of Trump's lawyer deserve those tiers too.

[@edopronk1303]

indeed!

[@hallway_revenant7919]

I remember that video and I think that’s an awesome idea. Like the whole A tier would take up the normal ratings and everyone else would probably fall into a subdivision of F tier.

[@loosenukes8153]

I remember getting into an argument with a guy on Twitter who was saying the Dems will get theirs when they Unleash the Kraken! Jokingly responding to him that I'd be Kraken open a beer to celebrate Trump's loss. He didn't think that was funny. I maintain it's a pretty good joke.

[@Snardbafulator]

Now we've got The Cheese & Kraken in a shotgun wedding, with the cheesiest bro of all ;) BURP ! Mmmm ... speedy.

[@amycox5733]

It IS a pretty good joke

[@PalomaDreams17]

Which Trump loss lol

[@Snardbafulator]

@@PalomaDreams17 His election loss in '20 will do, but there are so many to choose from ;)

[@KidVolcano]

I said they got their legal strategy from the "kracken their asses."

[@WIG1276]

Is there a tier below F? Because Alina Haba probably needs to get dropped to it. Trump ended up with a bench trial in the civil fraud case because she didn’t check a box on a form for a jury trial. 😂

[@MartynWilkinson45]

I think that might be Trump trying to play to his base. He tells them he was denied a jury, his base aren't going to care about things like "truth" or "rule of law." They'll just believe him that it's a show trial. Best case, he's hoping his base will keep giving him money, worst case he's hoping for another coupe attempt to save him from this "injustice."

[@louisemccoy9410]

You can't trust what any of Trumps' mob have to say. NYC jury....he wouldn't have a chance...they know him too well !!!

[@bracken8782]

And the judge had ruled against him in the past, too.

[@QuintusAntonious]

If Better Call Saul were real, you just know that Saul Goodman would be on Trump's legal team.

[@MrReaver12345]

You mean Rudy Giuliani? @@QuintusAntonious

[@asphaltpilgrim]

I love how Devin is very good at being polite and diplomatic, while allowing us to sense the deep professional contempt he has for some of these folks. 😂😂

[@333angeleyes]

I've been watching his channel since he 1st started (though I'm in medical school not law school 😊) and with Devin it's all about his facial expressions! I love it! But he is like a Vulcan! He can only repress so much. I've noticed the crazier the situation the more he let's out... 🤔 Or maybe Trump is just a Kung Fu master whose skills can't be suppressed. Because Devin always makes a face when explaining something wild Trump did... Again! 🤣

[@popcornfps]

How funny because your opinion about this guy would probably change if he started criticizing those DAs going after Trump lol. Hindsight 20/20 you all f***** up lol

[@benhislop1458]

Maybe Trump should hire him

[@MS-ns2pj]

“Professional contempt” is an oxymoron.

[@bubba200874426]

@@MS-ns2pj No, it's not. It's contempt for someone's professional actions, not a professional expression of contempt.

[@USCndaATL]

And as we all know, since this recording, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, and Jenna Ellis all negotiated plea deals in Fulton County. They will all be required to testify against the rest of them in Georgia.

[@Rugelacharugula]

However, Ms. Ellis’ only infraction, of course, was being “too naive” around all those big, strong, powerful man-lawyers.

[@JordanDragonAs]

​@@Rugelacharugulaoh no she's convicted of a felony

[@Rugelacharugula]

@@JordanDragonAs I was referring to her “statement” in front of the judge.

[@Billwzw]

Can't believe there was so much legal incompetence to summarize that forgetting to ask for a jury in the NY civil case didn't make the cut.

[@wolfiemuse]

LOL right

[@jannarkiewicz633]

Well Alina Habba did make the cut... :-) Just that not that move :-) She is such a dolt.

[@redjed100]

I’m surprised he didn’t mention the lawyers in the second impeachment.

[@RyokoEarth]

its so funny, i know the legaleagle team is sitting happily knowing they have enough free content from trump's legal team to make like multiple months worth of banger vids already, and there's always more developments in the future.

[@seanmccartney5177]

The Civil case was complete garbage and you know it.........

[@ButaBoy]

The A-tier lawyers just seem like normal lawyers who don't spew lies on national television and in court

[@InXLsisDeo]

Undoubtedly the ones Trump hates the most, because of that and the fact that they likely all demanded to be paid upfront.

[@57thorns]

The tier list is very generous. S tier I suppose would be celebrity layers that manage high profile cases with media coverage in a competent and expensive way.

[@JeanGillespie-fp7rs]

Funny how that works!

[@chrisjzh]

That's where the bar is

[@wolfiemuse]

@@chrisjzhSuper sad that the minimum possible thing to be a good lawyer compared to these is to just “keep your mouth shut and do your job, you’ll already be doing better than them” lmao

[@poprocket2342]

I love when lawyers and judges manage to slip devastating insults into court rulings

[@BJones-yw4dd]

Or humor: Michael Popok over on LegalAF just did a hot take on Engoron's love of irony and a Monty Python/Dead Parrot reference he made regarding one of the Trump Lawyers' motions.

[@A-FELIX]

​@@BJones-yw4ddthat's a really good channel

[@angelachouinard4581]

@@BJones-yw4dd Thanks have to check that out. Always loved sarcastic judges on Law & Order but real life even more fun.

[@girl.anachronism5639]

Miscarriages in Gaza are up 300% because of the genocide. Women are having csections without anesthesia

[@loganl7547]

Trumps going to be the first "billionaire" to need pro bono lawyers at this rate.

[@sajidahsabihahafaqahmed755]

What is a pro bono lawyer

[@CollinMcLean]

@@sajidahsabihahafaqahmed755 It means they take a case without payment. They do it for ideological and moral reasons.

[@tramadol42]

As a storyline for a TV legal series, the whole Trump thing would be rejected as "too unrealistic" by the network.

[@RandomSwiftie13]

FR! People in those shows are always intelligent even if they F up and at least they try their hardest even if they are the bad guys of the show. They are never this stupid.

[@Abion47]

@@RandomSwiftie13 Or at least when the shit hits the fan, they are at least smart enough to just flee the country with a briefcase full of cash, never to be heard from again.

[@Abhorrence353]

Truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction has to make sense.

[@seonor]

Yeah, most of them would have been too idiotic for Boston Legal, and one the main characters' of that series legal strategy was just to yell "Danny Crane" and it winning him cases. Parts of Trump's legal team ar just beyond parody.

[@erikbjelke4411]

"Were I to see this acted upon a stage, I would condemn it as an improbable fiction."

[@empressmarowynn]

I didn't realize how many lawyers he's been through in just the past few years and how many of them are now listed as co-conspirators. That's hilarious.

[@joachimschoder]

Somehow I have the feeling the "You can't charge a former president" Trump defenders will have a "slightly" different take on Obama and Biden.

[@TheBrothergreen]

Well, they won't be able to charge obama/biden because they didn't organize a conspiracy to overthrow our democracy, or obstruct a federal investigation by hiding evidence and committing perjury... or.... or.... or ...

[@Demmrir]

Conservatives have a very consistent screed. "Do as I say, not as I do."

[@whodares9289]

​@Demmrir and don't forget "Rights for me, but not for thee"

[@fiorella1021]

​@@Demmrir... Whereas Dems just accuse you of doing what they've just done... 😅

[@exeggcutertimur6091]

Both major parties are terrible for different reasons. But the Republican party rigjt now is so much worse so long as they allow That Narcissistoc Fascist to run their party into the ground. Way too mamy republican politicians support him, either actively or silently.

[@douglaswolfen7820]

"The more time they spend on screen talking to the public instead of doing their day jobs…" Those are some bold words for the most famous lawyer on KZbin 😉 (I kid, of course. You're awesome. Keep up the good work)

[@insomniacryan9916]

You are right, though.

[@douglaswolfen7820]

@@insomniacryan9916 thank you 😂. I'd forgotten about this comment

[@shaurmiath6719]

Any lawyer who could get Trump to just shut his stupid festering craw and take his phone away for long enough to get to trial would make the S-Tier.

[@Abstract_zx]

im convinced that kicking trump off of twitter for a while actually improved his image because fewer people saw some of the off-the-wall stuff he says on social media

[@WillWilsonthesafetyguy]

Ah, but therein lies the paradox; any lawyer that smart & good at their job would *NEVER* represent the Mango Mussolini in the first place. So matter what he does, Hair Furher can never have an S-Tier lawyer.

[@shadowldrago]

@@WillWilsonthesafetyguy Mango Mussolini. I like that, I'm gonna have to borrow it at some point.

[@honda2363]

@@Abstract_zx 100%

[@Julia-lk8jn]

I think his ever-changing legal team would have saved a lot of money if they'd just hired wrestler to do exactly that. They could always have called him Doctor SomethingOrOther to make it look better.

[@Jenamphetam1ne]

The fact that he had a lawyer called "Jimmy Trusty" has me completely sold that he just picks them by their name and nothing else

[@CollinMcLean]

That sounds like the name of a Mob lawyers in a budget Crime Movie.

[@lillianward2810]

God, the Four Seasons Total Landscaping thing is still one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.

[@Jermbot15]

I will always fondly remember voter fraud Karen getting soft balled questions by the Michigan GOP and still managing to torpedo her hearing.

[@darklorddisco]

I live in NE Philly, just a few miles from here and eat at Sweet Lucy’s (just up the block) all the time. When it was announced where the press conference was taking place, it completely broke my brain. Beyond surreal, to say the least 🤯

[@toddgrant7190]

As a retired attorney, I appreciate the hilarious summary. Well done. It’s hard to believe, but the general public opinion of lawyers - already pushed down to bedrock - could get pushed deep into the mantle. 😢

[@kattz753]

Ohhh, you missed a big one from Alina Habba and it probably would have dropped her at least a few letters down the alphabet. She forgot to tick the box demanding a jury trial in the New York AG civil case. You can't get more incompetent than that!

[@FionaOfMountLawley]

Yeah. Trump just complained about being railroaded by the court in a bench trial on social media. The reality? Alina Habba didn't file the paperwork which might have allowed him to benefit from a non-unanimous jury, due to a holdout juror. Instead the judge ruled on the submissions and motions presented. It could have turned out very different for him, absent his choice of lawyer in that case.

[@nickonerd]

The fact Trump just went through lawyers like toilet paper is just pure incredible irony

[@GZilla311]

I disagree on more than one front. 1. It is entirely credible, and actually predictable. 2. It is not ironic if it is entirely expected and not contrary to what is said.

[@tonywilson4713]

What else are you meant to wipe up SHlT with other than toilet paper?

[@coryzilligen790]

And, much like used toilet paper, the lawyers on this list are full of crap.

[@chrischika7026]

he also like to keep toliet paper on his shoe lol

[@DoggerMcD]

The fact that Trump's lawyers ended up like toilet paper, discarded and covered in shit, is just pure incredible karma.

[@curiousnerdkitteh]

16:35 Love how Devin can't resist chuckling at "to the best of her ability".

[@redaries2198]

Lawyers so bad half their photos were mugshots lol. You know you’re a bad lawyer when you get charges for screwing up your job.

[@xxruredyxx]

Because a good lawyer would never let their reputation get destroyed.

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

Especially by Spanky.

[@Viviko]

Or… a good lawyer would actually want to get paid for their services.

[@TheREALHugo4]

And let himself being humbled by the opposition.

[@osmosisjones4912]

Brad Raffansperger has to tell judge Timothy Batten to reverse Sydney Powell's court victory against dominion to impounded and audit voting machines. Judge battan later reversed the reverse but not before dominion whipped all hard drives

[@kratosaurion002]

Hence why they don't dare defend a criminal who is CLEARLY guilty. ☺

[@thepessimisticoptimist9375]

The fact these lawyers have to leave their current practice to take him as a client. Presumably because the practice wont allow it. Really says it all. 😂

[@Ironman1o1]

Those lawyers taking those big payouts upfront were shaking hands with the Devil.

[@karenholmes6565]

They can always go to another practice at the end of the day, at least if they manage to remain out of prison

[@carolbaker2773]

At this point I am waiting for a judge to appoint a public defender for trump because all the other lawyers are so incompetent. That will be a delightful day!

[@Nadia1989]

Their former employers definitely don't want to be associated with them

[@karinaz8756]

@@karenholmes6565no they can’t. His attorneys come away sanctioned on the way to getting disbarred.

[@jverz9430]

He was already notorious for not paying his bills and forcing people to sue him in court then settle at 60 cents on the dollar. Contractors in NJ who were desperate for work started adding the difference they knew they'd lose into their contracts before working on his realestate. The lawyers didn't think he'd pull that on them until he stiffed Giuliani. Now, he has to pay up front.

[@impitt28]

His own mother said Donal was stupid. She used the word stupid, folks. This kind of incompetency is evident in all things he does and it’s highly dangerous for a democratic society.

[@jerrodbroholm4338]

Eliminating the S-Tier right up front was hilarious. It's totally accurate, but your delivery was on point.

[@avpguy11]

CGPGrey recently did a tier list where he had do break down F tier into multiple sub-tiers because it was so crowded. That would have worked very well here.

[@alexv6324]

I feel like Saul Goodman would be turning his nose up on Trump at this point.

[@OuryLN]

He would’ve been his greatest failure! (He said what!?)(He did what!?)😮

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

Saul would just buried spanky in a desert somewhere....even he knows this client is hopeless.

[@NybergCarl]

Idea: see which actors who play lawyers on TV would be willing to do a series of videos where they interact with the Trump cases in character.

[@RamenDenominator]

Be thankful that Trump isn't as good at fraud as Slippin' Jimmy. He might have slithered away this trash pile unscathed.

[@greatboniwanker]

I think Roy Cohn [failed counselor for Joe McCarthy and 45's personal mentor] would turn him down at this point.

[@baddabing-badaboom]

"There is no s-tier" took me tf out 💀

[@macforme]

Rick Wilson ( The Lincoln Project) wrote a book called "Every Thing Trump Touches Dies". These lawyers should have taken this to heart and not thrown away their legal careers going near Trump. Thank you, Legal Eagle, for a info packed video.

[@benellison5668]

Trump would be a nightmare to represent. He would torch the lawyer's reputation for the rest of that lawyer's career.

[@brokenrecord3523]

Trump was a nightmare president. He torched our country's reputation.

[@ailleananaithnid2566]

And he stiffs them to boot!

[@RandomSwiftie13]

And he would probably try to even avoid paying them when they lose the case in court because of him.

[@lordpaulphilippfernandez9904]

I feel bad for Corcoran. He just did his job in convincing Trump to return all of the classified documents in Mar-a-Lago, which would free Trump from a ton of lawsuits. Then Mango Mussolini (credit to a comment from this video for this awesome nickname) decided to ruin everything, making the lawyer shoulder some of the blame in the case.

[@elgatochurro]

says the people who try and ruin your life

[@ProdigySim]

The phrase "very legal and very cool" is never going to stop being funny to me

[@kaileymo]

He really was off the rails from the jump. What a surreal time that was

[@wfjhDUI]

I hope Trump is allowed to tweet from prison. The man is an unequalled meme machine.

[@lindablue7494]

This reads like an episode of America's Dumbest Criminals.......Oh wait!

[@HeisenbergFam]

Trump and Alex Jones have a thing in common: not the very best lawyers

[@OhWellWhatTheHell1]

Trump is the IRL George Bluth - “I got the worst f**king attorneys”

[@HeadCannonPrime]

In my experience, Lawyers don't like taking clients that repeatedly damage their own case. That takes a special kind of stupid.

[@melsockman9615]

And the lawyers don't have great clients!!

[@Leith_Crowther]

I still think Alex’s lawyer knew what he was doing.

[@ClementYang24]

You're scraping the bottom of the barrel when 1) you're a nightmare client who good lawyers can say no to and 2) a bunch of the lawyers who have already worked with you are facing prosecution and/or jail time.

[@johnladuke6475]

That is an utterly exhausting number of lawyers. Terrible, incompetent lawyers.

[@armedwombat6816]

Well, good lawyers want to be paid, or at least get a high-profile case that lets them show their skills and gain some reputation. With Trump you won't get any of that. He famously doesn't pay his bills. Plus he has a huge ego, no impluse control, and constantly thinks he's smarter than anyone else, meaning any defense strategy you come up with will be ruined within a few days. So you'll get professionally embarassed and won't even get paid for it.

[@kiriuxeosa8716]

And its only the current batch, there are still many future court dates that need representation

[@philhogan5623]

It's not just because Trump doesn't pay and constantly pressures them to do dodgy stuff, it's also the fact that Trump ignores good advice and shops around for lawyers who will tell him what he wants to hear. In other words, bad advice.

[@Ericwvb2]

And he’ll fire the lawyers who give him the proper advice he doesn’t want to hear. He’s like someone who only hires fitness trainers who tell him to just sit in the couch all day and eat bonbons.

[@jurgnobs1308]

yea, there definitely are some rich corporate lawyers who would like to defend trump. but not if he doesn't let them do their job. we shouldn't act like all rightists are incompetent. underestimating the opponent is a bad idea

[@WyvernYT]

@@jurgnobs1308 Of course there are competent conservatives. They've been hating Trump since at least 2016.

[@user-wn3gr1ib2o]

Quite right.@@jurgnobs1308

[@AirQuotes]

​@jurgnobs1308 not at this point, unless he paid fully in advance no good respected lawyer is taking him on

[@abraveastronaut]

It's so wild to look at Rudy Giuliani today and think about there used to be significant numbers of normal people who actually liked him.

[@williamrockwell9001]

Trump has been elected to the Lawyer's Hall of Fame for singlehandedly creating full employment for all lawyers.

[@diverguy3556]

*but not necessarily paying them though.

[@FairyKairiPlays]

​@@diverguy3556Creating full employment so he cannot hire them is what I think OP means.

[@williamrockwell9001]

@@diverguy3556 he is doing everything he can to cut off pay to the prosecutors.

[@williamrockwell9001]

@@FairyKairiPlays between prosecutors, judges, defense lawyers, election garbage, a lifetime of civil suits and whatever else the number is in the thousands.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

And yet not one of them was smart enough to just Copyright/Trademark "The Big Lie" so they could sue CNN or anyone else who used that phrase

[@cousinjimmy2638]

Sidney Powell is on a level all of her own. She had a reputation for being a great attorney and someone who didn't screw around and proceeded to file a federal complaint with the state misspelled. It was shocking.

[@sideways5153]

That’s an indication of having skilled staff underneath her cleaning up her work or taking care of all the details. I’m sure at some point she was forced to dot is and cross ts, but nobody is that haphazard with presidential politics unless they truly lack professional mettle.

[@Ironman1o1]

@@sideways5153 Thats the only way I can marry Rudy in the 80s and early 90s when he shredded the New York Dons to turn into THAT.

[@BJones-yw4dd]

@@Ironman1o1 plus alcohol??

[@cousinjimmy2638]

@@sideways5153 I'm an attorney, there is no way I'd spell the state of Michigan wrong in a caption. That was a different level of bad. It was almost as if she had Chat GPT draft the complaint.

[@Tyranastrasza]

@@cousinjimmy2638 ChatGPT would make a far better work.

[@garypage9515]

I am pretty sure all of this ongoing situation is going to make for a lot of future case studies for 1) Law schools, 2) Political Science Graduate degree programs, and 3) Graduate Business school programs. Plus, historians at all levels of education are going to run wild with it!!

[@gorak9000]

Except at Trump University. I hear they're introducing a new course this semester - The Perfect Phone Call 105, along with Yugeness 101, and Hamburders 130, and in second year, the ever informative Covfefe 201!

[@alexlarson8072]

I just feel bad for all the teachers at k-12 who have to explain trump politics to kids

[@davidblair9877]

@@alexlarson8072oh, the kids understand it just fine. Adults don’t, because most adults aren’t still an emotional five-year-old.

[@gorak9000]

@@alexlarson8072 On a US teacher's salary, I wouldn't even touch that subject with a 50 foot pole. Just tell the kids "that's not appropriate to discuss in class - take that up with your parents"

[@evanbecraft8201]

@@gorak9000yeah, if I were a teacher I wouldn’t sneeze in the direction of this stuff, parents would be upset by the tiniest mention

[@chickenmaster3879]

I love how LE mentions which lawyer was designated which number despite it not really mattering for this video; it's pure comedy gold.

[@joshyoung1440]

John Tacocaina and his bulging tweaked-out eyes yelling incoherent legal "theories" and aggressively waving his hands at Ari Melber, _an actual good lawyer,_ as Ari looks at him bemused but very unimpressed, is an absolute classic

[@JeanGillespie-fp7rs]

Quite entertaining...

[@robinfleet7094]

Ari's restraint is legendary...I loved how he just let Tacopina speak his piece and walk that short corridor to ruin...all the while knowing.

[@blakksheep736]

Is there a link where i can see that? It sounds great.

[@ramblingidiot8795]

@@blakksheep736the moment they’re talking about is at 5:10 in the video

[@Synoopy2]

I watched Ari long enough to know that look.

[@scifitoilet]

I think the most insane fact is that someone has so many attorneys there can be a substantial tier list of them.

[@pills-]

"substantial tier list" Well... maybe not so much tiered as just a list

[@BlackCanary87]

To be fair, there are plenty of people who have an army of lawyers; they're just generally competent enough at their jobs (and have reasonable enough clients) to remain invisible. Taylor Swift, for example, probably has multiple teams dealing just in IP law, plus lawyers for contracts, employment, tax, finances, trial and civil attorneys for when she sued that asshat DJ...

[@seonor]

If you have different business interests in different states you easily can end up with a lot of them, because a property expert in New Mexico doesn't help you if you also need an expert for employee rights in South Dakota, and an expert for oil drilling licenses in Alaska. Its just that at some point you either hire one of the big legal firms which have all the experts you need where you need them, or you start a legal department at the company you own - but the big legal firms no longer want to be associated with Trump, and since Trump's personal, political, and business affairs are so intermixed most of the lawyers of the Trump organisation or political campaign are also his personal lawyers.

[@nancypine9952]

Back in the 1990's a lawyer from one of those big firms managed to get into trump's office to demand payment. trump pulled out a picture of a thoroughbred stallion that he said was worth $5 million, and offered the horse in payment. This offer was rejected, the firm in question filed a lawsuit, and trump eventually coughed up partial payment. But word got around the legal community, and after that no firm would work for him unless he handed over a huge retainer first. And since he was impossible to work for, fewer and fewer firms would even pick up the phone to listen to him. That's why there are no S-tier lawyers: they want nothing to do with him, as you pointed out.

[@GambeTama]

Imagine being so bad at your job that you have to be put on trial for both figurative and literal criminal incompetence.

[@saltmerchant749]

Trump Lawyer: "It was a peaceful transfer of power." Everyone else: "People died, one of them was a police officer."

[@peter-yl2pq]

Wrong. He died the day after of a heart attack. Dont walk rum productions, EVERYTHING IS STUPID!! Also, he requested 10,000 more people for security, Nancy refused

[@hindelsoft4650]

You gotta appreciate the A tier lawyers actually trying and Devin actually recognizing them.

[@Nickname-ef9tv]

... who end up being the most obstructed by their very client. Putting his best lawyer out of his water by sending him to another state is bad enough under any circumstance. Doing so while he has enough work to do in his home state is just stupid.

[@ShireNomad]

@@Nickname-ef9tv Every good attorney will occasionally have a client that they advise to take a plea/settlement, because that the other side has them dead to rights, there is no path to victory, and this is the best possible outcome. A bad attorney never has that problem because they don't care if there's no path to victory, they can just take the longest available path to defeat and rack up the billable hours as they go.

[@teddlemmon2599]

The A tier lawyers still have a responsibility to the legal system of this country to abide by the laws of the land and not twist them to their clients' wishes. They actually swore an oath to abide by those laws. What happened to that?

[@amwoodco3049]

That's why there's only a handful of A tier, no S tier, and a whole bunch of sanctions against Trump lawyers. Honestly, I wonder if Trump is demanding how they defend him and paying them extra for sanctions. I'd guess such conduct to be very illegal and an offence that could result in serious penalties for the lawyers from the bar association. The american legal system is going to need to figure out how to clean itself up (both rules and reputation) once Trump is done and dealt with.

[@thehoodedteddy1335]

@@teddlemmon25996:50 they stepped aside to make room for others, aka they did their job to the best of their abilities and got the hell out

[@briennerose2606]

Also, kinda wondering if these A-tier attorneys don't appear on TV because they know being seen defending this lunatic is career suicide, so they keep it on the downlow with the hopes that they can retain some level of integrity when this is all over.

[@blakksheep736]

There's also probably the fact theyre too busy doing actual law to rant to cameras.

[@tintedpalette653]

I’m not sure about career suicide, but it is definitely not safe for them to create a public presence as one of trump’s lawyers considering how polarized people are towards him. They likely fear being recognized by random people and be at risk of harassment.

[@elgatochurro]

Trump? a lunatic?

[@mpumelelokhumalo7107]

I was wondering if the ones that speak on TV know that their jobs are over and are trying to be media personalities now

[@xmurk8023]

"a lunatic" is a dude that writes mean tweets ?? 😂😂

[@loki768]

This is the absolute height of petty, and I’m here for it.

[@ryenschimerman2127]

I'm literally eating popcorn.

[@danielle-rw3zx]

It took me 3x longer to watch because I was looking up each attorney's law school. 😂

[@CollinMcLean]

@@danielle-rw3zx Got a comprehensive list?

[@redreaper2752]

Step 1. Pass the BAR Step 2. Get immediately fired for being incompetent. Step 3. Fight your firing in court. Step 4. Get branded a lifelong Short Bus passenger. Step 5. Proudly tell everyone about your win.

[@ComboBreakerHD]

Shameless shoutout to Marc E Elias, the Democrat lawyer literally saving democracy right now, and the only lawyer to strike fear into Steve Bannon

[@austinluther5825]

Hell yeah. He's on the front lines all over the country.

[@SamRoads]

Props to him, but democracy is doing fine in dozens of countries. It only needs saving in some other countries, like the US and the UK.

[@michaelcuomo1352]

Could use Marc Elias in Italy 🇮🇹. Is that possible?

[@thesoupin8or673]

God, I cackle every time I remember the Four Seasons Total Landscaping fiasco. Truly incredible

[@SynchroScore]

I really like how Rowley and Trusty quit right after Trump got indicted. "a logical moment for us to step aside" Yeah, that's when you realized that the Feds are not screwing around and you'll have to defend Trump in court instead of a television studio.

[@mazder360]

Gotta love that now that Powell pleaded guilty he's saying she was never actually his lawyer

[@dunwundering835]

She wasnt Trumps lawyer. She was general Flynn's lawyer/

[@ScarlettCatte]

@@dunwundering835 She was, actually.

[@CommanderNewton]

A true gamer move

[@KurtQuad]

No respectable lawyer would want their reputation ruined representing that dud.

[@Bird_Dog00]

That almost beggs for a cheap joke about the percentage of respectable lawyers within the lawyer-pack.

[@BradyPostma]

I'd be willing to act as his lawyer if he paid me $20 million up front. He would not be found not guilty in the end. But I do believe that every defendant deserves solid, effective representation. Even Trump.

[@matthewpicchu8232]

What ever he pays you up front better be enough to live off of forever, assuming the check clears of course. Although let’s be honest, his donors have been paying the lawyers this whole time.

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

@@BradyPostma arent you have a heart of gold or very thick skinned. Because when your client constantly yapping about his crime and giving the prosecutors plenty of evidences, you'd stood like a dunce in front of judges. Is humiliation somekind of kinks for you?

[@BradyPostma]

@@matthewpicchu8232 - Oh, the check would clear before I started working the first hour for him. I wouldn't do anything for him unless the money for it was already out of his reach. And yeah, $20 million would be enough to change a hundred lives, including mine. The good I could do with that money! I'd spend the rest of my life running a charity, possibly related to housing and house prices.

[@brontewcat]

The frightening thing is that some of these lawyers could be given senior legal positions if Trump wins as second term.

[@RightfootWestHam]

Why is that frightening ?

[@brontewcat]

@@RightfootWestHam Their lack of competence and integrity is frightening.

[@martj1313]

Trump reminds me of my old landlord who never paid people who did work on his properties, eventually he had to pay upfront and hire anyone who was still willing to work for him regardless of how good they were at the job.

[@georgehall7749]

I worked for a contractor in Florida. And it was a rule at out business to never take any work from the Trump organization because they will not pay and try to sue after the work is done. What was more crazy was that the owner and senior people in the company were huge Trump supporters. They wanted him as president but didn't trust him to not do shady business.

[@bigboi1004]

​@@georgehall7749Cognitive dissonance is such a vibe.

[@allangibson8494]

That exactly describes the entire Trump family modus operandi for the last century and a half…

[@TheJunnutin]

I mean, that just goes to show persecuted Eric's dad is! do I need a /s here? I'll just leave to be sure 😅

[@Shorty_Lickens]

Its so obvious to me but in case anyone else doesnt get it: When a lawyer or politician says "messaging that presents" they mean "lie". They are telling you to lie and telling you how to lie but if they get caught saying they wanted to lie it can get them in trouble. Its similar to Marryannes "alternative facts". Alternative Facts are lies but obviously you never wanna say you are lying.

[@tiffanyfletcher8499]

Trump NEVER EVER pays his bills.

[@linguotgr]

Even before he was president, it was very well known by a lot of the higher ups in the business world. Hell in college Trump not paying bills was an actual case study we went through because it bankrupted a piano maker, and that class woulda been back in 2008. The “competent businessman” persona has always been as authentic as a WWE persona.

[@ahboaz]

He pays in "recognition" giving publicity worth like advertisements' costs.

[@Earthstar_Review]

And he's not the one paying here, either. I strongly suspect that these funds are all donations.

[@bethanyestes5126]

Man. I just want to know how much richer I’d be if I paid bills like Trump.

[@LordKelvinX2086]

Which is why the A tier lawyers here insisted on money up front.

[@khsabia]

What does the world even look like if Trump is "the most ethical American [a person] know[s]?"

[@eliahabib5111]

Actually the question is "who do you know?" I actually need the list. So I can blacklist all of them.

[@christinayeager651]

Three words: Elite Absent Pandemonium.

[@Qualicabyss]

Such a hellscape can only be called an hoa

[@justanotheranimeprofilepic]

you know that city of rapture from the game bioshock?... that. Just pure randian philosophy taken to it's extreme

[@ElPayasoMalo]

It would be like the alternate 1985 from Back to the Future Part 2.

[@BrandanLee]

I always thought being a lawyer required intense schooling and a literal high bar of vetted, demonstrable competence. Seeing how many feckless hucksters can represent the highest office in the land... I'm unsure if that is inspiring in the, "you too can do anything you set your mind to," way, or if it's abjectly mortifying.

[@ValleyOakPaper]

It takes money and privilege to become a lawyer. You also have to be reasonably good at rote memorization. Intelligence and moral standing do not enter into it.

[@DawnDavidson]

⁠@@ValleyOakPaperalso, one does not have to graduate at the top of their class to become a lawyer. Just to (somehow) graduate, and (somehow) pass the bar, which as you mention, is a lot about rote memorization. Plus there are all sorts of legal (in both senses) cram schools out there, to stuff information into one’s head for about a week, tops. And I’m sure there are lots of illegal ways to get a leg up as well. Also, those schools do not have to be the top schools, either. Then there’s the George Carlin observation about “average” IQ: “remember that half of all people are stupider than that.” Put all of that together, and one begins to understand just how stupid any given lawyer could potentially be. It’s a pretty low bar (pun not exactly intended but quite suitable.)

[@ValleyOakPaper]

@@DawnDavidson Yes, this is something that dawns on you when you get to know a couple of lawyers. And if you don't, just remember that Michael Cohen was admitted to the bar. 😂

[@Spyce09]

@@ValleyOakPaperrote memorization is a core part of intelligence what are you on?

[@NA-vz9ko]

@@ValleyOakPaperyou could say the same for U.S politicians.

[@kromtastic]

I love coming to this weeks later and seeing the F tiers taking plea deals left and right in Georgia lol

[@quintonclothier6171]

Of all the things I was expecting from Legal Eagle, a tier list wasn’t remotely on my radar.

[@elifia]

He did do one before, so it's not entirely unheard of. It's been a while since that one though, so it's nice to get another one.

[@jeffm9770]

This is the tier ranking we needed but didn't know we needed

[@Masada1911]

I felt so bad for Giuliani when I saw that hair dye leaking from his head. I thought maybe he was being taken advantage of. I learned since.

[@carolbaker2773]

There are way more other legitimate reasons to make fun of him for his incompetency. We don't need the low ball of hair dye and ostracize the good people who use it because they don't want to fry their hair with perm dye.

[@Alakazoro]

You're the only lawyer I just absolutely love. I love that you're on board with modern style videos, like the tier list, the constant clips but back to talking/reacting. You're so cool. If I had a legal issue and some money saved up, I'd call your team. You earn all our trust by reviewing other cases and lawyers unbiased as possible and still have a since of humor. Nice.

[@davidwemett200]

Never trust any attorney who insists on going by "doctor" That was savage!

[@shevek2954]

Never trust any doctor who insists on going by "attorney " .

[@beyondthe90]

You forgot the Alina Habba's biggest whoops...she forgot to effectively check the box for a jury trial that Arthur Engoron just handed a partial summary judgement on. Going to be fun watching him be 'judge and jury' for that settlement phase after the initial ruling.

[@ariaflame-au]

She had no good options. Jury wouldn’t have been better for him

[@jamesheartney9546]

A jury would probably convict him too, but they'd allow for lots of delays (Trump's favorite tactic). Engoron will try the case quickly and throw the book at Trump.@@ariaflame-au

[@KonradTheWizzard]

Maybe she just wants it to be over with. Bench trials are potentially faster.

[@ultravenia]

I figure that was purposeful. For the martyrdom.

[@andrewshandle]

Is Corcoran really C tier? He tried to get his client to do the right thing but kept receipts on everything just in case he wouldn't. Unlike many others, he was never charged and the fact that Donny felt the need to lie and deceive him is kind of point in his favor.

[@GetsLonely]

I agree with you, I think Corcoran might be A myself, though I can see the argument that he's C at actually keeping his client out of trouble.

[@mikevignola4213]

Or maybe he doesn't want to go to prison like all the other lawyers he cons into breaking the law. At this rate Trumps former lawyers are going to have thier own dedicated cell block.

[@mayaram2411]

Then he should be a B tier. He was smart enough to CYA but stupid enough to take Trump as a client.

[@andrewshandle]

@@mayaram2411 he may have been smart enough to get paid up front 😉

[@CallioNyx]

I think that it's the fact he ends up testifying against his employer. He's pretty bad at being on Trump's team.

[@davemoore6690]

"Eating steak with ketchup" had me laughing so hard I almost fell out of my chair! Thank you!