The Trump Trials, Vol. 9

This new Proof series—authored by a longtime criminal defense attorney and leading Trump biographer—will unpack recent events in the historic trials of disgraced former president Donald Trump.

(1) Donald Trump attorney Joe Tacopina got combative with reporters outside the courthouse. One of his choice quotes in the approximately ten-minute presser, which was conducted beside fellow Trump lawyers Todd Blanche and Susan Necheles, was “The rule of law died today.” Tacopina, who appeared to bristle at playing second fiddle on camera to new Trump …