Trial counsel are preoccupied with preparing to give opening statements or closing arguments, examine or cross-examine witnesses, keep track of admitted exhibits. trial counsel should always preserve objections and testimony for appeal in case of defeat.
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prosecutors would like the court to be reimbursed. again, none of this moneymaking is illegal. but what makes good public relations is very different than what makes good courtroom strategy. the smartest thing to do in court, which is almost always just to shut up. reporter: the gold rush goes beyond those charged. the patriot freedom project has been seeking to raise hundreds of thousands online in the name of helping defendants and their families. we need somebody to drop us $500,000 today. today, steve. because we need to have our own attorneys on these cases. reporter: and while some giggled at right-wing firebrand senator josh hawley running from the fray, he started selling coffee mugs of a different moment that day, laughing all the way to the bank. thank you for all the help with my fund-raising. it s been tremendous. we ve had little success connecting with the people in these cases for further comment. but without doubt many who were charged have lost jobs and
i think two potential reasons, which are very different, of why the trump lawyers might not have done anything. one, they really can let the media organizations do the work on this. the arguments in the public interest are stronger, from my perspective, as coming from the media organizations versus coming from the former president. there s also a possibility, so this is the second potential explanation, that the lawyers representing the former president are potentially implicated. in particular, on the obstruction angle that the justice department is looking at. if they ve been involved as an intermediary between the justice department and the former president, and made assertions about documents having been returned, they might be potentially concerned about their own exposure here, and need to be thinking through that. judge nancy gertner, appreciate, it thank you. much more reaction among the former president and his allies, their courtroom strategy, versus their public statem
illegal, but what makes good public relations is very different than what makes good courtroom strategy. the smartest thing to do in court which is almost always just to shut up. the gold rush goes beyond those charged. the patriot freedom project has been seeking to raise hundreds of thousands online in the name of helping defendants and their families. we need somebody to drop us $500,000 today. today steve. we need to have our own attorneys on these cases. while some giggled at senator josh hawley, running from the fray he started selling coffee mugs on a different moment that day. laughing all the way to the bank. thank you for all the help with my fundraising. it s been tremendous. we ve had little success connecting with the people in these cases for further comment, but without doubt, many who were charged have lost jobs and savings. they could use the money. it s just a little odd to see them trying to find it back where their legal troubles began.