by Here’s the Washington Post: But on Sunday, Guiliani and Ellis distanced themselves from Powell.“Sidney Powell is practicing law on her own,” Giuliani and Ellis said in their statement. “She is not a member of the Trump Legal Team. She is also not a lawyer for the President in his personal capacity.”Two advisers to Trump, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations, said that the president disliked the coverage Powell was receiving from Tucker Carlson and others, and that several allies had reached out to say she had gone too far. The advisers also said that she fought with Giuliani and others in recent days.The president believed she was causing more harm than help. “She was too crazy even for the president,” a campaign official said.
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Here’s the Washington Post:
But on Sunday, Guiliani and Ellis distanced themselves from Powell.
“Sidney Powell is practicing law on her own,” Giuliani and Ellis said in their statement. “She is not a member of the Trump Legal Team. She is also not a lawyer for the President in his personal capacity.”
Two advisers to Trump, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations, said that the president disliked the coverage Powell was receiving from Tucker Carlson and others, and that several allies had reached out to say she had gone too far. The advisers also said that she fought with Giuliani and others in recent days.
The president believed she was causing more harm than help. “She was too crazy even for the president,” a campaign official said.
Too crazy for Trump? How is that even possible?
PS. Matt Yglesias describes the Trump legal team.
Dear God! I haven’t had this much fun since I was back in college. Every night I pray that Trump delays conceding a bit longer.
PPS. On a more serious note, Alex Tabarrok explains how America is becoming a banana republic.
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