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Jerome Marcus represents Trump’s reelection campaign in Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. v. Philadelphia County Board of Elections (the case Porter Wright already withdrew from). But if his latest motion is granted, he won’t anymore.
That’s interesting enough, I guess. But on the day after an attempted coup, it really doesn’t pass muster — after all, lots of attorneys are distancing themselves from election lawsuits like rats off a sinking ship. It’s Marcus’s reason for wanting out that really made us take notice:
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The Undersigned respectfully requests leave of this Court to withdraw as counsel for Plaintiff in this action pursuant to Pennsylvania Rule of Professional Conduct 1.16(b)(3) and (4)
Hhmmm. Wonder what that rules of professional conduct says? You don’t have to bust out your Westlaw password as Marcus continues:
inasmuch as the client has used the lawyer’s services to perpetrate a crime and the client insists on upon taking action that the lawyer considers repugnant and with which the lawyer has a fundamental disagreement.
I wonder what could have happened to make Marcus make such a motion? Oh, right! The attempted coup! Seems like a pretty good reason to bail to me.
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Read the full filing below.
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