La Times a Damning Legal Brief
The authors describe Vice President Mike Pence flirting with ways to please his angry boss; They also report that he called Dan Quayle to find out – “veep to veep” – if there was “even a glimmer of hope, legally and constitutionally, to perhaps pause certification.” As he prepared for his role as trial supervisor on Jan. 6, he asked, “May I perhaps express sympathy for some of the complaints?” Girardi`s legal team said his client was not in a position to help them understand what happened to the money. One lawyer told the court that Girardi “had problems with his mental capacity” and another asked the judge to order a “mental health examination.” The family had had enough. His lawyers sued Girardi and made it clear that they would go to great lengths to get the money. They informed state and local governments that they had a claim on Girardi`s assets and placed a lien on a $23 million settlement he had secured for a double amputee injured in a car accident. They served legal documents on accountant Girardi Keese; Girardi`s personal travel agency; Jayne; his son-in-law; and even the Jonathan Club Director of Membership, where, they noted, the induction fee was $45,000. How many times have you heard it? “No one is above the law.” Tom Girardi and his firm were sued more than a hundred times between the 1980s and last year, with at least half of those cases alleging wrongdoing in his law firm. Yet Girardi`s record at the California State Bar has remained impeccable. “When you read Trump`s legal acts, you imagine a lawyer who doesn`t know exactly what he`s doing, and then Trump picking up a Sharpie to write and insisting on passages that read like tweets,” he tweeted. Get ready to testify under oath about the state of Tom Girardi`s finances, the legal notices announce.
His star seemed to be rising. She participated in “Dancing With the Stars”. His airy, ghostly autobiography appeared briefly on the New York Times bestseller list. She performed at an event at Coachella and appeared in a mainstream celebrity sign on “The View,” where guest host Alyssa Milano asked her about living with “inspiring” “Erin Brockovich” lawyer. Lawyers for former President Trump on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to initiate litigation over classified documents seized during an FBI search of his Florida estate, escalating a dispute over the powers of an independent adjudicator appointed to inspect records. His average of these legal victories, up to 40%, brings him spectacular wealth. Along with his third wife, pop singer named Erika Jayne, he appears in “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” showcasing the couple`s historic estate and lifestyle in Pasadena: private planes, jewelry, exotic cars, closets, and vacations in Aspen and Mykonos. Judges, lawyers and civil society leaders rubbed shoulders at Girardi parties and Super Bowl nights. At these parties and legal conferences, he spared no expense for the appearances of Jay Leno, Burt Bacharach, LeAnn Rimes and Penn & Teller.
David Douglas made similar allegations against Wells Fargo in a lawsuit filed Sept. 11 in Los Angeles County Superior Court. He claims that three Wells Fargo employees in Century City and Beverly Hills used his date of birth and social security number to open accounts in his name and those of shell companies. At least one employee forged his signature repeatedly, said Douglas attorney Michael P. Kade of Los Angeles. Last month, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, based in Atlanta, limited the special prothonotary`s review to the much larger tranche of unclassified documents. The judges, including two Trump appointees, sided with the Justice Department, which had argued there was no legal basis for the special master to conduct his own review of classified files. It was less due to the allegations – that contaminated drinking water had caused cancer and other diseases – than to the 2000 film that existed. Julia Roberts portrayed titular paralegal Brockovich as a scratchy heroine whose short skirts and persistence made environmental disputes easy to absorb and incredibly sexy. Although few people at Girardi Keese or the legal community in general know this, he has continued to turn to high-interest lenders for help. It was so secret that the companies giving money did not know that there were other lenders holding the same security, such as a lawsuit from one lender and an affidavit from another company.
“This burglary, search and seizure at Mar-a-Lago was illegal and unconstitutional, and we are taking all necessary steps to recover the documents we would have given them without the need for the despicable raid on my home so that I can turn them over to the National Archives until they are needed for the future Donald J. Trump Presidential Library and Museum.” Trump said in a statement Monday. For sitting presidents, the Justice Department has determined since the days of Richard Nixon that the criminal impeachment of an incumbent would “unduly undermine the ability of the executive branch to fulfill its constitutional functions.” For example, Special Advocate Robert S. Mueller III did not indict Trump in 2019, though he detailed 10 damning cases suggesting he obstructed justice in the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Working for Girardi meant being in the orbit of the powerful and well-connected. He counted the late Johnnie Cochran among his friends, who once circulated the Los Angeles legal legend for $650,000, according to divorce documents. He belonged to country clubs throughout L.A. and was a regular at Morton`s, Pacific Dining Car and Madeo. In the following years, it was successful.
She has had nine hits on the Billboard dance charts, toured Asia, and developed a cult following. Girardi was often on hand for shows, she writes, sometimes even to pick up checks from club directors. Andrew Weissmann, a former federal prosecutor who was part of Special Counsel Bob Mueller`s team, called the report “incredibly damning” for Trump, noting that the report suggests the former president personally reviewed the documents to decide what to surrender. Weissmann, the former federal prosecutor, said Trump`s filing had a “fatal flaw” because it ignores the fact that the records legally belong to the National Archives, not the president. The Metropolitan News-Enterprise, the secular Los Angeles legal journal, called the event a “fiasco.” Employees opened duplicate accounts, sometimes without customers` knowledge, he said. Workers also used a banking database to identify customers who had been pre-approved for credit cards — then ordered the plastic without asking, Estrada said. Wells Fargo reported a record quarterly profit of $5.6 billion in October, saying there are an average of 6.15 financial products per household, nearly four times the industry average. “Nothing needs to be seen because none of the documents actually belong to the former president. Those all, classified or not, belong to the National Archives,” he told MSNBC. He described the court case as a “press release that disguises itself (weakly) in legal memory.” The lawyers started leaving. In June, David Lira, Girardi`s son-in-law, resigned on a Saturday. The firm, which once had 30 lawyers, quickly reached a single number.
Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe called the filing “very strange” and asked why it took Trump two weeks to request the intervention. The former director said she helped the homeless woman close all but one of the accounts needed to directly file her Social Security benefits. She said she reported the situation to her boss but never heard of any actions taken by the bank. Jackie Calmes takes a critical look at the national political scene. She has decades of experience in the White House and Congress. “I could no longer use these unethical practices or train my team,” Grimes said. A company that provided back-office services for class action lawsuits demanded $7.5 million, an expert wanted $40,000 in fees, the security firm that provided an armed guard on the Pasadena estate said it owed $53,000, and a Long Beach attorney who referred cases to Girardi sued for nearly $4 million. depending on the prosecution in each case.