This artist sketch depicts former President Donald Trump, seated right, listening as his attorney John Sauer, standing, speaks before the D.C. AdvertisementThe claim appears to run afoul of legal ethics rules that prohibit lawyers from making false statements in court. “And this legal position, that Trump was seeking to investigate ‘fraud,’ is a brazen lie. A lie that should be sanctionable.”Ty Cobb, a former Trump White House lawyer, said previous statements that Trump’s lawyers have made in briefs may also cause them problems. Sauer also repeated Trump’s false claims that he is being prosecuted because he is likely to win the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

Source: Huffington Post January 10, 2024 10:44 UTC