Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.08.21

* R. Kelly's attorneys are requesting to withdraw as his counsel and say it is "impossible" to properly represent him. Bet the lawyers hope they aren't "trapped" in the courtroom... [Fox News] * A prominent West Virginia attorney passed away this week following a car crash. [Metro News] * The Department of Justice says it will defend former president Trump in a private defamation lawsuit. [Forbes] * Stormy Daniels says her attorneys are cooperating with investigators looking into the operations of the Trump Organization. [Hill] * A Boca Raton attorney was allegedly intoxicated around four times above the legal limit when she was involved in a car crash. Wild even by Florida standards... [Boca News Now]

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* R. Kelly’s attorneys are requesting to withdraw as his counsel and say it is “impossible” to properly represent him. Bet the lawyers hope they aren’t “trapped” in the courtroom… [Fox News]

* A prominent West Virginia attorney passed away this week following a car crash. [Metro News]

* The Department of Justice says it will defend former president Trump in a private defamation lawsuit. [Forbes]

* Stormy Daniels says her attorneys are cooperating with investigators looking into the operations of the Trump Organization. [Hill]

* A Boca Raton attorney was allegedly intoxicated around four times above the legal limit when she was involved in a car crash. Wild even by Florida standards… [Boca News Now]


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