Here at Delaware Liberal, we will always have a soft spot in our hearts for Christine O’Donnell. Her primary victory over Mike Castle not only delivered a Senate seat to the blue team when it was going to go red, but it also gave DL our highest traffic numbers ever for a few months. So we continue to keep tabs on Ms. O’Donnell. And as you know, she is currently being sued by the FEC for using her campaign donations to pay her personal rent at her Greenville townhouse during the campaign.
She hired a lawyer to defend her, but then stop paying that lawyer. Lawyers like to get paid for the work they do, and when they don’t get paid, we stop doing work. Of course, as a Republican, Christine looked upon her lawyer as a servant/employee that was indentured to her, no matter if she paid him or not. So she was surprised when said lawyer moved to withdraw from representing her, and further surprised when the motion was granted.
But somehow, she received an email between her former counsel and opposing counsel for the FEC, and now she thinks there is some huge conspiracy against her.
While not being aware of the full context, as a lawyer, I can guess that what Abbott is doing here is trying to convince opposing counsel not to oppose his motion for withdrawal. He is not conspiring with opposing counsel to get Christine. Indeed, adverse counsel talk and consult all the time about scheduling, about what evidentiary matters are not in dispute and thus can be disposed of by stipulation to streamline the trial.
It’s not collusion. But it gives Conspiracy Christine some fuel for her persecution complex.