There’s also the chance of some of the “he’s not taking my sound legal advice, so why should I go down with him”, sprinkled with “he stomped his feet while demanding that I do something patently illegal”.

I mean, by now he has a multitude of examples of lawyers that are *fucked* for doing some flavor of the the above. Giuliani is not getting paid, and faces potential full debarment. Powell is getting sued. Habba got hit with pay the other side sanctions (which only happens when the suit was egregious). Chris Kise was smart enough to ask for retainer upfront, but has been pushed to bench warmer since I assume he refused to do the patently illegal stuff.

Trusty is possibly the first Trump lawyer that isn’t flatly corrupt, and had enough wherewithal to find an off ramp on this highway.