Though former President Donald Trump may have officially been arraigned and pleaded not guilty to all 37 criminal counts related to his mishandling of sensitive national secrets, documentation and an alleged cover-up, he does have at least one person on his side whoβs apparently looking out for him: OJ Simpson.
In a video posted to Twitter over the weekend, the former professional football player gave his two cents about how Trumpβs lawyers have been handling his situation and offered some advice βfrom some of the greatest legal minds of our generation.β
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βScrolling TV today, some things jump right out. One is βThe Donaldβ waving what is supposedly secret documents and even admitting that they werenβt declassified,β Simpson said in part. βI donβt know if it was bluster or not. All I know is that cannot help him.β
He continued: βIβma share some advice that I got from some of the greatest legal minds of our generation, of my lifetime. F. Lee Bailey, Alan Dershowitz, Johnnie Cochran, Bob Shapiro, of the great Barry Sheck and Peter Neufeld, Malcolm LaVergne in Vegasβ¦ The one thing they all told me, and stressed to me: βdo not talk about the case publicly. Do not do interviews about the case.β My point is, I donβt know if Donaldβs lawyers are stressing this to him. If theyβre not, they should be fired, and he should sue βem.β
Now Iβm not sure who exactly thought it would be a good idea for OJ Simpson of all people to lend out friendly legal advice to the likes of Donald Trump. But when I find out who it was, Iβm gonna have a lot of questions to ask starting with: why? Just why? As a matter of fact, thatβs probably the most important question I could ask, so weβll leave it at that.
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