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 whoโs apparently looking out for him: OJ Simpson.
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In a video posted to Twitter over the weekend, the former professional football player gave his two cents about how Trumpโs lawyers have been handling his situation and offered some advice โfrom some of the greatest legal minds of our generation.โ
โScrolling TV today, some things jump right out. One is โThe Donaldโ waving what is supposedly secret documents and even admitting that they werenโt declassified,โ Simpson said in part. โI donโt know if it was bluster or not. All I know is that cannot help him.โ
He continued: โIโma 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 Vegasโฆ The one thing they all told me, and stressed to me: โdo not talk about the case publicly. Do not do interviews about the case.โ My point is, I donโt know if Donaldโs lawyers are stressing this to him. If theyโre not, they should be fired, and he should sue โem.โ
Now Iโm 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, Iโm gonna have a lot of questions to ask starting with: why? Just why? As a matter of fact, thatโs probably the most important question I could ask, so weโll leave it at that.
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