One of the two lawyers named to defend Donald Trump in his second indictment represented Roger Stone, believes Jeffrey Epstein did not kill himself and among his clients count “all sorts of reputed gangster figures”, including a man the government claims that he was the biggest mafioso. in the world “.
The others refused to prosecute Bill Cosby.
Trump’s trial begins next week. He will respond to the charge on Tuesday. He allegedly insisted that his defense against a charge of inciting the U.S. Capitol attack on January 6 lied that his defeat by Joe Biden was the result of election fraud.
Since 45 of the 50 Republican senators voted against holding even a trial, it seems likely that Trump will escape conviction. But Ohio Senator Rob Portman told CNN on Sunday it would not help Trump “if the argument is not going to be made on issues like constitutionality”.
The same day, Trump announced the appointment of Bruce Castor, from Pennsylvania, and David Schoen, from Georgia.
Castor is a former district attorney known for his decision not to prosecute Cosby in 2005 after Andrea Constand accused the comedian of sexual assault. In 2017, Castor sued Constand for defamation, claiming that he had destroyed his political career. Cosby was convicted and sentenced the following year.
Last September, Schoen told the Atlanta Jewish Times: “I represented all sorts of reputed gang figures: alleged head of Russian mafia in this country, Israeli mafia and two Italian bosses, as well as a man the government claims is the biggest mafioso was in the world. ”
He also discussed his work on the misconduct of the police, but the opposition to the movement to “defend” the police and the Stone case. The recognized political dirty deceiver was convicted of lying to Congress in the Russia investigation, but Trump pardoned him in December. Schoen calls Stone ‘very bright, full of personality and flair’ and the case against him ‘very unfair and politicized’.
Schoen said he trained as an actor, “at the Actors Studio and Herbert Berghof Studio”, which he said helped when he appeared in a Discovery Channel documentary about Epstein, a well-connected convicted sex trader who arrested himself in New York in 2019.
Schoen said that promotional work interviews with ‘Fox, Good Day New York, and [the] Daily Mail ”, but said he had had enough. Take too much time away from legal work. Three different agents called. ”
Asked in a “last word about Jeffrey Epstein”, Schoen said: “I still think he was killed.”