It was made clear at Hatfill's first conference that he had hired a criminal defense attorney by that point. He did so immediately after a criminal subpoena was served on him by the FBI at the time of the search of his apartment that was done with all those media guys present.Yes, I heard him say that he had a criminal defense attorney at the first press conference. I wonder if the criminal defense attorney, presuming he is still in Hatfill's employ, approved of his client giving the press conferences, or if the criminal defense attorney has given that authority to Hatfill's civil attorney?
It's Hatfill's decision. All the criminal defense attorney would be obliged to do is to point out to his client the risks of going public, which I think we can be more or less certain the attorney did. Which makes it all the more clear how much guts Hatfill has.