Donald Trump‘s attorney Jim Trusty, who resigned from representing him after he was indicted on federal charges last week, withdrew from another legal matter involving the former president Friday.
Citing “irreconcilable differences,” Trusty indicated in a filing in the U.S. District Court of Southern Florida that he would be pulling out of Trump’s pending defamation suit against CNN.
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“Mr. Trusty’s withdrawal is based upon irreconcilable differences between Counsel and Plaintiff and Counsel can no longer effectively and properly represent Plaintiff,” Trusty wrote in the filing, which he signed.
Trusty as well as lawyer John Rowley previously said they would not represent Trump in the charges brought against him by special counsel Jack Smith, which pertain to documents retained from his presidency and alleged obstruction of a federal investigation in the handling of those records.
The pair of lawyers made the announcement of their departure last Friday, one day after Trump had been indicted. Trump pleaded not guilty to the charges Tuesday in Miami federal court.
Trump’s lawsuit against the news network seeks $475 million in damages, alleging CNN of a ““campaign of dissuasion in the form of libel and slander” that “escalated in recent months.”
The network has requested the judge to dismiss the case “with prejudice.”
Trusty’s withdrawal will not end the defamation case, and Trump will still be represented by legal counsel in Florida for that civil case.
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Separately, the judge presiding over Trump’s latest criminal case gave her first order on Thursday, two days after Trump’s Tuesday arraignment. U.S District Judge Aileen Cannon asked his attorneys there to contact the Justice Department to expedite the process of obtaining security clearances to be in compliance by no later than June 20.
On Friday, Trump’s counsel, which includes lawyers Chris Kise and Todd Blanche, informed Cannon that they had complied with Cannon’s Thursday order, according to a court filing signed by Kise and Blanche.
