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Wibly

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39. Divide and conquer tactic

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Wed Mar 22, 2023, 01:24 PM

Mar 2023

Sounds to me like Smith is trying to give Trump's lawyers an out.
They can claim they were lied to be their client, and thus avoid being charged with obstruction themselves.
If those lawyers care about their futures in law, they will take this olive branch and cooperate with the DOJ by conceding they had a client who was not being honest with them. If they stick by him, they make themselves party to whatever crime their criminal client was attempting to perpetrate.
Leastways that is what I see Smith doing with this.

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Divide and conquer tactic Wibly Mar 2023 #39