The lawyers who are currently indicted in the Trump case were, at least in part, accused based on giving legal advice, filing lawsuits on behalf of clients, and making statements as part of their legal representation of clients.
That question, asked by John Dean about Watergate half a century ago, is again being asked about the Jan. 6 indictments involving lawyers who were associated with's wrongheaded attempts to challenge the 2020 presidential election. But there are considerable differences among the roles lawyers were alleged to have played in the two situations: the Nixon lawyers were generally accused of conduct outside of their professional roles as advice-givers and litigators.
In this handout provided by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, former Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro poses for his booking photo on August 23, in Atlanta, Georgia.It is true, and important, that a license to practice law is not a license to commit crimes. But it is a license to explore and press controversial, even extreme, legal claims and to challenge existing legal precedents in the interests of one's clients.
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