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Rick
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Getty
A
lawyer
who
once
represented
T.I.
is
at
the
center
of
former
president
Donald
Trump’s
defense
team
for
his
election
interference
case
in
Georgia.
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Raedle
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Getty
As
the
criminal
case
against
Donald
Trump
brought
by
Fulton
County
District
Attorney
Fani
Willis
is
underway,
Steven
Sadow,
the
leading
defense
lawyer
is
beginning
to
make
his
presence
known.
He
argued
before
Judge
Scott
McAfee
Friday
(Dec.
1),
that
the
court
should
consider
throwing
out
the
13
felony
charges
against
Trump,
stating
that
his
false
claims
concerning
the
2020
presidential
election
he
lost
were
protected
by
the
First
Amendment.
Sadow
is
best
known
as
a
litigator
specializing
in
white-collar
cases
and
representing
high-profile
figures.
One
of
them,
veteran
Atlanta
rapper
and
actor
T.I.,
has
heaped
praise
on
Sadow
in
the
past
by
referring
to
him
as
“probably
the
best
criminal
defense
attorney
of
his
time.”
In
addition,
T.I.
proclaimed
him
a
person
with
a
“slight
hint
of
genius”
after
Sadow
got
him
a
plea
deal
with
a
one-year
sentence
for
gun
charges.
Sadow
was
brought
on
to
replace
Drew
Findling
on
the
day
that
Donald
Trump
voluntarily
surrendered
to
Fulton
County
authorities.
Steven
Sadow
has
defended
other
notable
clients
such
as
Rick
Ross
(who
name-drops
him
in
his
2019
song
“Turnpike
Ike”),
National
Football
League
star
Ray
Lewis
and
recently
represented
Gunna,
who
was
indicted
along
with
Young
Thug
by
Fulton
County
in
a
sweeping
RICO
case
last
year.
Sadow
has
publicly
stated
that
he’s
not
a
Donald
Trump
supporter
in
a
post
made
on
X,
formerly
Twitter,
back
in
2017.
Sadow,
69,
has
been
reserved
about
the
current
case,
refusing
to
respond
to
press
inquiries
about
his
role
on
the
defense
team.
But
he
appeared
on
an
episode
of
the
expediTIously
with
Tip
“T.I.”
Harris
podcast
last
year
to
talk
about
his
experiences
as
a
defense
attorney,
stating
his
desire
to
limit
the
overreach
of
federal
power
against
the
people
for
being
a
lawyer.
“They’ve
got
to
be
protected
against
the
government,”
he
said.
In
the
hour-long
show,
T.I.
asked
him
a
pertinent
question.
“What
are
the
intricacies
of
cooperation?
Like,
how
do
you
arrive
at
that
conclusion?”
“When
I
don’t
think
I
can
win,”
Sadow
replied.
“If
I
don’t
think
my
client’s
got
a
chance
of
winning
in
the
courtroom,
and
the
risk
of
trial
far,
far
exceeds
the
chances
of
me
being
successful,
I
won’t
tell
them
to
take
the
risk.”
