He said:
- never “represented”
- never “retained in a traditional sense”
- never received an invoice
- never paid legal fees
This might be straight up lies (it really might be). If it isn’t then there is room for weaseling:
- on the specific meaning of “represented” in a legal sense vs. a plain language sense;
- “in a traditional sense”
- paid legal fees (may still have given him money)
People love to weasel out of things. I honestly don’t get it. If you are in trouble either fess up or lie. I’ve never really seen what is gained by intentionally misleading people by saying things that are narrowly true. I feel like it’s usually very damning (like Rob Ford’s, “I do not smoke crack cocaine and have never been an addict of crack cocaine”).
