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  Ghouliani isn’t disbarred from DC yet
  Most attorneys and firms are avoiding Trump like the plague after seeing what has happened to every. Single. One. Previously (also not getting paid). He had to go to some no name firm (well for a supposed billionaire anyways) firm in west Florida to represent him. I’m not sure if that was the case by Latisha James (NY AG) or not, as there are so many of them at this point. I think it was though? Maybe not. He’s gonna have to resort to PDs at some point because of his bullshit.
context: Poor thing. That Lake done dried up. >
  
  Another poster referred to her as Lake Inferior. LOL >
  
  Brilliant! >
  
  I actually watched the whole two day thing.  At no point did they even come close to providing anything close to evidence to the actual claims they were charged with proving.  Their main argument was the whole 19" ballot on 20" paper thing which had a very plausible explanation, a printer setting, which in the end didn't matter because the ballots were duplicated onto 20" paper and then tabulated.   There were some chain of custody issues raised that I think the state should work to better define and document, but again, even if they could prove the counts in between collection places and the place where they were counted were off, it doesnt even come close to proving intentional malfeasance with intent to change the outcome.  What was particularly fun was the Mike Pillow rep who was angry for no reason at all, who proved nothing, provided nothing, made a bunch of claims without evidence and just basically got all ripped on the stand for no reason whatsoever. >
  
  This is what really, truly pisses me off about all of this - it's all performative.  Some of the people bringing these suits are actually moderately-smart lawyers ... they know there is no basis to actually get a case all the way to trial, let alone actually win.  But that's not the goal.
  The goal is ... news clips that Fox pundits can run to emotionally pander to their audience and keep them in a perpetual state of outrage ("BOMBSHELL new lawsuit filed by Kari Lake, to topple the corrupt Arizona elections infrastructure!") ... donations ... all of it.  It's not about winning, it's about feeding the media machine.
  Thank god for "Rules of Evidence" and "Rules of Procedure" in actual courts of law ... because all this "court of public opinion" bullshit runs straight into a brick wall every single time.  Unfortunately, it still mostly meets its goal.
  The folks on the Opening Arguments podcast have a fun time ripping all of this stuff up, especially once sanctions start getting handed down ... which this judge seemed like he had to warn Lake and her team that they were dangerously close to receiving. >
  
  The judge said so and then in closing arguments the prosecution said they were following through with requesting sanctions. >
  
  Yeah, I haven't had a chance to go through the latest filings yet, but apparently this gem from the court was in there:
  "The Court cannot accept speculation or conjecture in place of clear and convincing evidence..."
  LOL.  Reminds me of the "Kraken" lawsuit ... that was basically all just speculation and conjecture.
  It's stunning how many lawyers associated with Trump, the GOP, etc. have been sanctioned and/or disbarred. >
  
  Has anyone actually been disbarred though? In numbers that are consequential? Sanctions are just a cost of doing business but disbarment is damaging.