JaymesRS@literature.cafe to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoJill Stein paid $100,000 to a Republican consulting firm led by a suspected January 6 rioterwww.salon.comexternal-linkmessage-square228fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkJill Stein paid $100,000 to a Republican consulting firm led by a suspected January 6 rioterwww.salon.comJaymesRS@literature.cafe to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square228fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squareMaeve@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·29 days agoAre you saying no lawyer should represent a defendant? If those lawyers didn’t represent the defendants, who would? The Constitution mandates that defendants have competent legal representation.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoThis is about the guy doing the storming, not the lawyer defending that guy.
minus-squareMaeve@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·29 days agoThe criticism was that Stein hired the lawyer.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoAnd the criticism of the lawyer was that he was a J6 rioter, not that he defended one.
Are you saying no lawyer should represent a defendant? If those lawyers didn’t represent the defendants, who would? The Constitution mandates that defendants have competent legal representation.
This is about the guy doing the storming, not the lawyer defending that guy.
The criticism was that Stein hired the lawyer.
And the criticism of the lawyer was that he was a J6 rioter, not that he defended one.