Legal expert: Trump’s lawyers are “dropping like flies” as he “gets closer and closer to an indictment”

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Former President Donald Trump is losing lawyers at a rapid pace ahead of multiple potential indictments.

Former Trump lawyer Timothy Parlatore, who played a key role in the investigation into classified Mar-a-Lago documents, announced his departure from the GOP frontrunner’s legal team on Tuesday.

“It has been an incredible honor to serve and work on interesting legal issues. My departure is a personal choice and does not reflect the case, as I strongly believe that the (Department of Justice) team is engaging in misconduct to pursue an investigation into conduct that is not criminal,” he said in a statement.

Palm Beach State Attorney Dave Aronberg expressed confusion about the state of Trump’s legal team during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Friday, Raw Story reports.

“What’s remarkable about Tim Parlatore’s departure is that he’s the same lawyer who wrote the letter to Congress that set up Trump’s defenses,” Aronberg said in the segment. “He said that Trump’s aides, not Trump, hurriedly packed the boxes and sent them to Florida, Trump’s hands were supposedly clean.”

“Trump then went on that live [CNN] town hall the other day and said, ‘No, no, I did it and I had the right to do it,'” he continued. “I think the reason he backed out, Parlatore, was because he was angry with his client along with the maybe he knows. that he will be a witness and possibly a defendant in the case he testified before the grand jury.”

Aronberg also questioned another aspect of Trump’s attorney departure, citing a report from The New York Times that said Trump had only two lawyers left.

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“Here’s the other thing that makes me wonder: The New York Times also reported that there are two lawyers left,” Aronberg said. “You got James Trusty and John Rowley leading the defense. What happened to Chris Kise? Chris Kise was a former Florida solicitor general, well respected; he got a $3 million retainer up front and then got sidelined Donald Trump because Trump disagreed with his advice. Kise wants Trump to be more conciliatory, more helpful with the DOJ than confrontational.”

“So, instead, Trump went his own way, the confrontational approach, and look what’s happening now,” he added. “With every misstep, he gets closer and closer to an indictment, and his lawyers are dropping like flies.”

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