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    2 years ago

    That’s actually the defense they’re trying to use in Trump’s NY civil fraud case, and you can use “advice of council” as a viable defense if you can prove:

    • The lawyer(s) in question did indeed provide you bad advice (putting the lawyers in jeopardy of committing a crime)
    • The other evidence doesn’t point to you as having criminal intent.
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        2 years ago

        It’s laughable on its face, but it’s scary that it’s not out of the realm of possibility if people like them ever come close to the levers of power again.

        The fact that I can’t dismiss that possibility out of hand is terrifying.