RESIGNATIION: ONE MORE WINDOW?

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Every felony defendant is entitled to a lawyer, but that doesn't mean every lawyer has to agree to defend every felony defendant.

At a book signing last summer, I was asked if I would represent President Trump if he asked for my assistance. I responded that I would do so only if my assignment was to try to negotiate a plea deal in connection with his resignation.

Is it really out of the question that this egocentric teenage bully would ever agree to resign?  Under any circumstances?  

Yeah, maybe.

From day one of his campaign for the White House, Trump's absolute no-go area was his tax returns. He refused to release them, lied about the reason (alleged audits) and held firm despite how unprecedented his refusal was. He ignored the advice of professional politicians, gambled the election on that determination, and won.

Speculation that the returns contained information of grievous wrongdoing was rampant -- and justified. And criminal and Congressional inquiries after inauguration added specific and strong indications Trump had cheated on his taxes in several respects. Still he held firm.

Now three Circuit Court decisions have directed third parties to turn over to Congress and the New York County District Attorney Trump's pre-inaugural tax and business records.  Most legal experts find Trump's appeal to the Supreme Court to be absolutely meritless, but we will be at a dangerous point in our democracy if this pro-Trump court saves the President's bacon by agreeing to review the decisions and keep the tax records from the public until, at least, the eve of the November election, if not longer.

If the Supremes do their duty, I suggest Trump will face the greatest crisis of Presidency. If and when his solid tax-paying base discovers their leader has been screwing honest taxpayers, he would face the prospect of a humiliating loss in November, to be followed by a devastating prosecutorial assault on him and his family.

The solution to this predicament? Read my piece just published in Time.com:  https://time.com/5746416/trump-resign/

A bientot.

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And for more information about the process of negotiating a resignation in return for 
non-prosecution, see my memoir, "The Client Decides," available from Amazon and on Kindle.