Former federal prosecutor Joseph diGenova and his wife, Victoria Toensing, have not lost the President’s ear, despite conflicts of interest that blocked the couple from joining President Donald Trump’s legal defense against the Russia probe.
“Victoria and I are playing the roles of lawyers on television and real life,” diGenova told WBAL News Radio on Monday. “We’ve spoke with the President several times since our respective statements last week and we continue to chat with his lawyers and with him.”
The White House announced earlier this month that Toensing and diGenova would join Trump’s legal team, but days later the couple countered the White House, saying they couldn’t join the President’s defense because of conflicts of interest regarding previous clients.
DiGenova has been vocally opposed to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation and has propagated theories of a rampant anti-Trump bias within the FBI.
On Monday, he called deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein a “disgrace” for the “unauthorized act” of appointing Mueller.
“I have no respect for the man,” he told WBAL. “He has taken away, from a dully elected President of the United States, over a year of his presidency, by his foolish and cowardly act— an unauthorized act of appointing a special counsel. … I think it is a disgrace.”
Umm…If DiGenova and Toensing are conflicted out of representing the Orange Menace, then it is unethical for them to consult (chat) with him about the matters that they would have represented him for, but for the conflict. Now, if they are chatting with him about the NCAA Final Four, or real estate matters involving Mar A Lago, that’s a different matter. But the scandal that tRump is involved with should be off limits completely. Indeed, they shouldn’t come within a mile of it.
That’s OK Joe…we have no respect for YOU. You cowtowed, sucked, crawled and otherwise debased yourself to get into Trump’s ‘favor’ only to be kicked in the teeth for being ‘slovenly’. And now you want to assure us that you ‘are still talking’ to the man that did this to you. Wow.
I am sure his advice will be priceless, Please proceed
Another installment of True Typos.
Slow news day?