Honestly, I think this guy might be my least favorite person on the WH staff. He’s like Steve Bannon, but if Bannon were a 14-year-old boy high on Adderall and misplaced arrogance. In fact, I’m starting to suspect that he’s some kind of evil clone child, a la Mini-Me from Austin Powers.

Nah, that’s an easy argument to refute.

It’s in the public interest that every citizen accused of a crime is provided the best defense possible under the law (this is to ensure just applications of the law, and justice is in the public interest, hence why we have public defenders). Therefore, defense attorneys serve…

Yeah, if you’re afraid that the public might get mad at you for the job you do and the way you do it, maybe you shouldn’t be doing that.

Defending an INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY person is not the same thing as trying to keep a murderer from getting what they deserve. Believe me, you don’t want it the other way.

Defense attorneys are very much acting in the public interest - as a check against runaway government and kangaroo courts. They very much ensure the integrity of the court system.

Last I checked our criminal courts haven’t formally rescinded presumption of innocence. So no, a criminal defense attorney is not acting against public interest.

That’s the gist of it.

You are just conflating a government’s interest with that of the public’s that the government is supposed to work for. The state will often hide behind that same legalese to pretend to be representing the public, that doesnt make them any more right than you are. Defense attorneys are directly fighting the state in…

Except for every citizen at least has a right to a defense(minus a few severe exceptions), even if it has to be provided by the government. There are plenty who are pure sleeze and scum(there is one locally I gag whenever I see him on TV as 90% of the time he is representing walking pieces of shit) but others merely…

I realize it’s oversimplified, but lobbyists are essentially just bag men. They carry the money from their wealthy business interests to government officials. The business interests get the rules they desire because they bought the decision, not because the decision is in the public interest.

Also, Kid Rock profile photo and wore a Trump hat to the Detroit auto show. Yea, he’s a fucker. A local one, but one none the less.

Man lobbies to prevent business from operating in his state.

“it will drastically and negatively impact how I communicate with those individuals and entities in the future.”

What did he expect to happen when he represents a group that quite a few people hate to deal with and was instrumental in passing a law that forces people to have to go through them if they want to buy a new vehicle.

A lobbyist being called a piece of shit?

“Piece of shit tired of being called piece of shit”

So you take the publically unpopular side of “big business“, win, and then complain about getting feedback on that life choice?

That’s why Berryman asserts in the filing, which you can view below, that he could face similar “or worse” economic hardships or physical reprisal, if he has to turn over his communications.

Hmm, doesn’t want to be called a piece of shit, yet keeps acting like one.

Yup, sounds like a piece of shit.