The President-as-Plaintiff, the Republican Party and the Battering of Norms - Lawfare

And what about the lawyers who made the blatantly unconstitutional   demand the MacMillan withdraw the book fire & Fury and threatened action for defamation and libel?
R.P.C. 1.1 provides 

Competence. A lawyer shall provide competent representation to a client. Competent representation requires the legal knowledge, skill, thoroughness and preparation reasonably necessary for the representation

Rudimentary knowledge of the law shows that the demand for withdrawal of the book ad threats of action are without basis in law.  There appears to be a basis for disciplinary action against the Beverly Hills lawyer Charles Harder who penned the notorious letter. - gwc

The President-as-Plaintiff, the Republican Party and the Battering of Norms - Lawfare

by Bob Bauer (former White House Counsel to President Obama)

President Donald Trump’s resort to threatened litigation against Steve Bannon and the author and publisher of Fire and Fury brought more attention to the book but it did not, and could not, succeed in suppressing the book’s publication. More to the point, this move was also grossly inconsistent with the responsible conduct of his office. It is another instance of how this president, wholly inexperienced in government, relies recklessly on his tried-and-true Trump Organization tactics in dealing with challenges that he is able to understand only in the most personal of terms. Worse than a tantrum, this is a dereliction of duty and yet another blow to democratic norms.***
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