Can't Buy Me Love (Either)

Trump reportedly promised to reimburse $200,000 in expenses for Rudy Giuliani’s efforts to have the 2020 election overturned and to dig up dirt on Biden. However, according to NYT, Trump is now telling advisers that he doesn’t want Giuliani to get a cent https://t.co/lR0DW3dIPh

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 4, 2021

And Trump doesn't pay for loyalty. (I think Dershowitz's legal defense just went to shit.)

Alan Dershowitz said he hopes Trump will join in a court fight to attempt to block federal prosecutors from accessing seized material Rudy Giuliani believes is protected by attorney-client privilege. https://t.co/rcfCs06gso

— Vicky Ward (@VickyPJWard) May 4, 2021

The exception to the attorney-client privilege is very narrow, but it involves generally evidence the client was actively engaged in fraud or criminal activity when seeking advice from counsel.

This is why a search like this one went up to the USAG for approval.  They want all their ducks in a row in case of a court challenge.

For Trump to intervene would mean walking right into the valley of death:  legal cannons to the right of him, legal cannons to the left of him, legal cannons in front of him.  All using his intervention to seek further evidence of criminality or fraud straight from the horse's mouth.

So, sure, Trump wants to do that.  Why not?  He's leaving Florida soon anyway.

Meanwhile, back at the Bar...

NEWS - Giuliani allies have been pressing for Trump team to have Trump's legal defense money cover Rudy legal bills Ben Protess and me https://t.co/sqXTTzZFCm

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 4, 2021

Uh, yeah...good luck with that.

“What did the con men do with the money they fleeced from the marks” is a question that usually has a simple answer: they spent it on themselves. https://t.co/EhQom82STk

— Patterico (@Patterico) May 4, 2021