Trump Junior’s new criminal defense lawyer has some, er, colorful clients…
Meet Uncle Junior’s Donald Junior’s new attorney:
Donald Trump Jr. has hired a lawyer to represent him in Russia-related investigations, his office and the lawyer said on Monday, as Republicans voiced concern about a meeting between the U.S. president’s son and a Russian.
Trump Jr. hired New York lawyer Alan Futerfas, who specializes in criminal defense.
Futerfas would not say when he was retained or whether he played any part in the statements Trump Jr. made over the weekend about a meeting with a Russian lawyer.
Trump Jr. met the lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, in June 2016 during the presidential election campaign at Trump Tower in New York.
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Futerfas told Reuters: “I look forward to assisting Donald Jr. and, quite frankly, there is nothing to all of the media buzz about the June 9th, 2016 meeting. That will be proven to be the case.”
Futerfas has some colorful clients:
Trump’s son has hired New York’s Alan Futerfas to represent him in connection with the Russia probe, the Trump Organization said. Some pointed out that as a criminal defense attorney, Futerfas represented members of the Gambino, Colombo and Genovese crime families.
Flashback, May 30, 2012:
Two rising stars in the Gambino family were shipped off to federal prison Wednesday – one getting tearful waves from his family, the other getting smiles and thumbs up.
Michael ‘Roc’ Roccaforte, 35, gave his family an exaggerated “What can I do?” shrug after U.S. District Court Judge Richard Berman socked him with a 118-month sentence that was four months harsher than what federal prosecutors sought.
A visibly relieved Anthony Moscatiello, 41, got 43 months from the same judge. He turned to his smiling family and jokingly advised an unidentified grinning man in a loud pin-striped suit to “Spend a few dollars. Buy a new suit.”
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Roccaforte’s lawyer, Alan Futerfas, urged that his client, who had never been arrested before, get the minimum possible sentence of 97 months, but Honig said Roccaforte spent more than a decade breaking laws. “He didn’t have a bad day..a bad week or a bad month. He had a bad 15 years.”
Yeah, Junior needs a good lawyer. And a wartime consigliere. ‘Nuff said.
