'More delay tactics': Internet trolls Donald Trump as legal firm representing him in AJ Delgado case seeks to withdraw

MANHATTAN, NEW YORK: A law firm, LaRocca, Hornik, Greenberg, Rosen, Kittridge, Carlin and McPartland, is seeking to withdraw from representing former President Donald Trump, per Newsweek.

According to court documents, the firm cited an "irreparable breakdown in the attorney-client relationship" as the reason for their decision.

What did law firm claim in court filings?

The aforementioned legal firm provided representation to former President Donald Trump and his election campaign for several years and had been defending him in a lawsuit filed by his former senior advisor, AJ Delgado.

Delgado alleges that she was dismissed from her position after becoming pregnant by her supervisor during the 2016 presidential campaign. At the time, she served as Trump's director of Hispanic outreach.

Delgado is currently suing the Trump campaign, along with former advisors Reince Priebus and Sean Spicer, for gender and pregnancy discrimination. The defendants have denied any wrongdoing in the case. 

The attorney Jared Blumetti, who was representing the 2024 presumptive GOP nominee, has requested to withdraw from the case. However, he has asked to explain the details to the court "in camera," meaning privately.

Blumetti wrote in the filing to a Manhattan court, "The primary reason for the Firm's motion is due to an irreparable breakdown in the attorney-client relationship between the Firm and the [Trump] Campaign, the details of which the Firm respectfully requests leave to explain to the Court in camera.”

"It is well-established that a breakdown in the attorney-client relationship is sufficient reason to permit withdrawal, even if the source of the breakdown is disputed and the client opposes the motion to withdraw," he added.

Blumetti went on to say that "when faced with a motion to withdraw, the court 'must ... analyze two factors: the reasons for withdrawal and the impact of withdrawal on the timing of the proceeding.'"

Regarding the second factor, he stated that the withdrawal would "not significantly impact the timing of this proceeding. Indeed, discovery is ongoing, several depositions remain, and the case has not been scheduled for trial."

Delgado objected to the firm's withdrawal on April 29, referring to it as a "scheme to avoid compliance."

While the law firm must continue to represent the Trump campaign, Judge Katharine H. Parker ordered that a hearing be held to address the matter with the firm and the campaign.

Delgado, who is representing herself, claimed in her lawsuit that she was treated unfairly by the Trump campaign after disclosing her pregnancy and that she "felt extremely humiliated, degraded, victimized, embarrassed and emotionally distressed."

The discrimination she faced, according to her, was "malicious, willful, outrageous, and conducted with full knowledge of the law."

Internet trolls Donald Trump as legal firm representing him seeks to withdraw from his case

One X user remarked, "You would think by now attorneys and law firms would know to get their retainer upfront when it involves Trump. He notoriously never pays his legal bills."

Another user said, "Fancy take, another words their client is a habitual deadbeat."

Another user wrote, "Or the client demanded they do something they refused to do."

One user claimed, "More delay tactics."

Another X user remarked, "He thinks he's so entitled he doesn't have to pay for anything..."

Finally, this user tweeted, "It's just another delay. I have no doubt this is all planned."

 

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