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Lawyer for Trump campaign withdraws after saying election cases were used to commit crime CNN 1/7/2021 By Katelyn Polantz, CNN © John Minchillo/AP Trump supporters participate in a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his baseless claims of election fraud. The president is expected to address a rally on the Ellipse, just south of the White House. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) A Pennsylvania lawyer who represented th...

Trump campaign counsel Jerome Marcus announced in a Thursday legal filing that he was withdrawing from his role, claiming he had been “used” by his “repugnant” client. In the filing with the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Marcus said he was requesting to withdraw his representation, arguing it had “used” his “services to perpetrate a crime” and adding, “the client insists upon taking action that the lawyer considers repugnant and with which the lawyer has a fundamental disagreement.” Jerome Marcus, Trump Campaign lawyer for the PA election issues, has submitted a reque...

Troubled by Capitol riot, Cabinet officials DeVos, Chao resign Rachel Elbaum and Dareh Gregorian and Tom Winter © Provided by NBC News Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced their resignations Thursday, citing the pro-Trump rioters who stormed the Capitol on Wednesday. "Yesterday, our country experienced a traumatic and entirely avoidable event as supporters of the president stormed the Capitol building following a rally he addressed," Chao said in a statement she posted on Twitter. "As I'm sure is the case with many of you, it has...

Philadelphia-based attorney Jerome Marcus asked the court to allow him to withdraw, citing concerns over Pennsylvania's professional conduct standards for lawyers.  Marcus wrote that "the client has used the lawyer's services to perpetrate a crime and the client insists upon taking action that the lawyer considers repugnant and with which the lawyer has a fundamental disagreement."  ADVERTISEMENT Marcus did not immediately respond to a message seeking further comment. The move comes a day after a large mob of Trump supporters, galvanized by the president himself, stormed the Capitol as lawm...

Trump campaign lawyer asks to withdraw over Capitol Hill ‘crime’ Erik Larson A lawyer who represents President Donald Trump’s campaign in one of several defunct election lawsuits in Pennsylvania asked a federal judge for permission to withdraw from the case, saying he now thinks the suit helped “perpetrate a crime” – a reference to Wednesday’s chaos in Washington. In a filing Thursday, lawyer Jerome Marcus told U.S. District Judge Paul Diamond in Philadelphia that he has a “fundamental disagreement” with his client, who he said “insists upon taking action that the lawyer c...