Rick Gates' lawyers no longer want to represent him in Mueller case due to 'irreconcilable differences'
by Kelly Cohen | Feb 7, 2018, 5:16 PM
Three lawyers representing former Trump campaign adviser Rick Gates don’t agree with him and thus no longer want to represent him in federal court.
“Irreconcilable differences have developed with the client which make our effective representation of the client impossible," Gates' trial attorneys Shan Wu, Walter Mack, and Annemarie McAvoy wrote in a filing submitted in Washington last Thursday.
That filing was unsealed after Wednesday’s closed-door hearing, led by U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson.
“Counsel is constrained by attorney-client privilege as to the specifics involved but understand that the Court may wish to inquire more specifically of counsel for the basis of this motion,†the filing says. “Counsel will make themselves available to the Court for such inquiry in whatever forum the Court deems appropriate.â€
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