
a high-powered, Brooklyn-born attorney, has made a name for himself representing celebrity clients, including rapper Meek Mill, baseball star Alex Rodriguez and former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik. Donald Trump’s co-lead defense lawyer Joe Tacopina has been labeled “dumb” and “a loudmouth” by some members of the ex-president’s team. The revelations of purported infighting come as the 76-year-old former president is scheduled to face an unprecedented arraignment in a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday afternoon on criminal charges tied to the $130,000 hush-money payment made to former porn star Daniels before the 2016 election. “He pisses off others with his antics, but he’s a blunt object that Donald Trump wants, apparently,” one of the sources was quoted as saying.Ī third source speaking to the magazine put it even more bluntly, calling the big-name criminal defense lawyer “such a frickin’ idiot.” Two anonymous sources speaking to Rolling Stone said a few of Trump’s advisers have warned him that he cannot trust Tacopina’s loyalty. Joe Tacopina, Donald Trump’s sharply dressed and notoriously strident co-lead defense lawyer in the Stormy Daniels case, has been branded “dumb” and a “loudmouth” by some members of the ex-president’s legal team, according to a report. Trump’s indictment over docs: Letters to the Editor - June 13, 2023 Nikki Haley reverses course, says Trump ‘reckless’ if indictment true Marjorie Taylor Greene to introduce measure to defund Trump special counsel Journalists barred from using cameras, cellphones in courthouse during Trump arraignment
