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[Above, May 2023, Trump attorney Joey Tacopina gets heckled outside of court. -- eds.]
Just last year, Joseph Tacopina was on all of the typical news shows to defend Donald J. Trump, but now he's out. He's done, and a piece by the New York Times doesn't provide an answer to that. This is a blow to his client since Tacopina isn't in the same league as Rudy Giuliani or Alina Habba. Tacopina, even though it was fun mocking him, had the most success defending high-profile clients on Trump's legal team. Oh man, we don't have Tacopina to kick around anymore. Bummer.
Did he hear that everything Trump touches dies, or did he hear that he should get paid upfront? Maybe Trump wanted him to caucus for his campaign even if the insanely bitter weather kills him. Who knows.
The New York Times reports:
Joseph Tacopina, the trial lawyer on Donald J. Trump's legal team with the most successes defending high-profile clients, will no longer represent the former president in his criminal trial in Manhattan, according to a notice sent to the court on Monday.