Stormy Daniels’s lawyer has submitted a complaint with a New York attorney grievance committee against Joe Tacopina, alleging that Donald Trump’s co-lead defense lawyer in a hush-payment probe has a conflict of interest.
in an alleged hush-payment scheme in which Daniels was paid $130,ooo in exchange for her silence about an alleged sexual encounter she had with Trump.who is now a witness in the case against Trump, contacted Tacopina in February 2018 about potentially hiring him to represent her in matters related to her encounters with Trump. Brewster provided to prosecutors
Brewster on April 3 also sent a letter to Tacopina raising concerns about the potential conflict, which was filed by the district attorney’s office and referenced in last week’s court He goes on to argue that in New York, a defendant’s right to choose their own lawyer can be usurped if there is “overriding competing public interest” to do so.
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