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Morgan Lewis ordered to turn over Trump docs in tax probe; firm will end representation
ABA Journal ^ | January 21, 2021 | Debra Cassens Weiss

Posted on 01/21/2021 8:01:09 PM PST by Coronal

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius announced Wednesday that it will be dropping former President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization as tax clients.

“We have had a limited representation of the Trump Organization and Donald Trump in tax-related matters,” a Morgan Lewis spokeswoman told Law.com, Bloomberg Law and Thomson Reuters Legal. “For those matters not already concluded, we are transitioning as appropriate to other counsel.”

Law360 reports on one ongoing matter—a probe seeking information on whether the Trump Organization inflated the value of property donated for a conservation easement to claim a higher tax deduction.

On Tuesday, Judge Arthur Engoron of New York ordered Morgan Lewis to produce documents that he had reviewed and marked as “not privileged” in the tax probe by New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Engoron had ruled in September that several parties must turn over records in response to James’ subpoenas. He also ruled at that time that Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump Organization, couldn’t delay a deposition until after the election.

Morgan Lewis’ announcement that it was dropping Trump and his business as clients comes after other law firms and businesses also distanced themselves from the former president.

(Excerpt) Read more at abajournal.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: arthurengoron; bakethecake; bidenvoters; blacklisted; despotism; discrimination; engoron
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1 posted on 01/21/2021 8:01:09 PM PST by Coronal
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To: Coronal

Get the hell out of New York.

Their executive, courts and state attorneys are absolutely corrupt political hacks.


2 posted on 01/21/2021 8:04:36 PM PST by PGR88
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To: Coronal

Governments in NY and California and Illinois and other liberal states, are run by crime syndicates. Everyone in charge is a corrupt politician, aiming to destroy whatever was good about those states and the country.


3 posted on 01/21/2021 8:09:36 PM PST by adorno
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To: Coronal

BAKE THE DAMN CAKE


4 posted on 01/21/2021 8:11:32 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Call on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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5 posted on 01/21/2021 8:25:39 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (‘)
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To: Coronal

Why would anyone trust a law firm that does this? I know if I were a high profile client I’d bail on that firm FAST.


6 posted on 01/21/2021 8:25:47 PM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: Coronal

Drum beat grows louder & louder...

Clearly, the communists have a well planned & developed scorched earth agenda...


7 posted on 01/21/2021 8:34:13 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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Good luck getting another Non-DC Establishment Candidate.

They’ll let you have Rubio or Lindsey all day long.


8 posted on 01/21/2021 8:44:45 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (‘)
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To: Coronal

This is what the ChiComs do. Not let people they persecute even have lawyers.


9 posted on 01/21/2021 8:51:57 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: PGR88

Whatever happened to client attorney privilege?


10 posted on 01/21/2021 8:52:53 PM PST by wildcard_redneck ( COVID lockdowns is are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic)
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I’ve been saying this for a year - Giuliani will be indicted.


11 posted on 01/21/2021 8:54:25 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (‘)
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To: Coronal

If you think this is the end of this, YOU ARE WRONG! It’s just the “beginning”... Coming to your front door and into your house, after they kick down the door, sometime VERY soon!


12 posted on 01/21/2021 9:14:25 PM PST by The Right Edge
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To: Coronal

The destruction of President Trump and his entire family is just beginning.

These f#####g persecutors are every bit as evil as third world dictators, they’d try “necklacing” the last, truly elected president and his entire family if they could get away with it.

Mark


13 posted on 01/21/2021 9:15:46 PM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: AnthonySoprano

Just imagine all the money, coke and whores he’s gonna have now! It wouldn’t surprise me at all if biden puts hunter’s dealer AND whores on the payroll at our expense. As the saying goes “leopards don’t change spots”


14 posted on 01/21/2021 9:19:55 PM PST by The Right Edge
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To: SuperLuminal

It’s now “either walk away, or war”. I prefer the idea of walking away. Face it, the entirety of dc is now in the pockets of the communist chinese.


15 posted on 01/21/2021 9:26:14 PM PST by The Right Edge
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To: AnthonySoprano

don’t bother voting. You’re wasting you’re time and end up looking like the moron that just lost all his money in a corrupt casino.


16 posted on 01/21/2021 9:28:22 PM PST by The Right Edge
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To: ifinnegan

what is the point of having a “lawyer” in a sham court?


17 posted on 01/21/2021 9:31:09 PM PST by The Right Edge
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To: Coronal

When do get to see Biden’s tax records?


18 posted on 01/21/2021 9:33:33 PM PST by Delta 21 (Get off your ass and earn it!)
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To: Delta 21
They just fraudulently changed data on an election..just how simple will it be to fudge his tax records...silly.
19 posted on 01/21/2021 9:35:03 PM PST by caww (“The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion”’ - Edmund Burke)
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To: pepsi_junkie

Not if your a high profile client.


20 posted on 01/21/2021 9:36:08 PM PST by caww (“The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion”’ - Edmund Burke)
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