Drew Fiedling’s clients include Cardi B, Migos and Gucci Mane, as well as comedian Katt Williams. His Twitter bio includes the hashtag #BillionDollarLawyer and his Instagram feed is filled with photos of him posing with famous clients. His most recent Instagram post, two days after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in late June, says his company is committed to “fighting to restore a woman’s right to choose, which has been destroyed from the Supreme Court,” suggesting his personal views do not align with those of Trump’s Republican Party. He offered to defend anyone charged under Georgia’s restrictive abortion law for free. Opinion: Would impeaching Trump be worth the toll it would take on a divided nation? After Trump insulted the intelligence of basketball star LeBron James in an August 2018 tweet, Finling called Trump a “racist architect of the Trump University scam” in a tweet and ended the post with “WARNING once again!” The Findling law firm said in a statement released Thursday that it has been hired, along with attorneys Jennifer Little and Dwight Thomas, to represent Trump. Findling said in an emailed statement that he is a “passionate advocate against injustice” and will “vigorously defend” Trump. “I may differ politically from many of my clients, but that does not change my commitment to defending against unfair investigations,” Findling said. “In this case, the targeting of President Trump in Fulton County, Georgia is clearly a misguided and politically motivated prosecution, and along with my office and co-counsel, I am fully committed to defending this injustice.” Little, a former U.S. attorney, said in an emailed statement that the attorneys were “hand-picked” on Trump’s behalf and that “the makeup of our team only adds to the integrity of his defense.” “A politically diverse group of lawyers with different perspectives have come to the same conclusion – there were no violations of Georgia law,” he said. “We as a team look forward to vigorously defending our client and the Constitution.” Thomas said he has extensive past experience in grand jury investigations and serves as counsel. Other attorneys who have clients connected to the investigation have also contacted him, he said, but he declined to name them. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened the investigation early last year, and the subcommittee stayed until May at her request. Willis has confirmed since the early days of the investigation that she is interested in a January 2021 phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. During that conversation, Trump suggested that Raffensperger could “find” the votes needed to overturn his narrow loss in the state. “All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have,” Trump said during that call. “Because we won state.” Willis last month filed petitions to compel the subpoena of seven Trump associates and advisers, including former New York mayor and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. And he has said he is considering subpoenaing the former president himself. In addition to representing high-profile musical artists and other entertainers, Findling successfully defended Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill in a racketeering trial that threatened to end his law enforcement career. Hill was acquitted in 2013 of 27 felony counts in an indictment that accused him of using his office for personal gain. Findling is currently defending Hill against charges in a federal indictment that accuse him of violating the civil rights of several people in his agency’s custody by ordering them needlessly tied to a chair and left there for hours. The Morning Update and Afternoon Update newsletters are written by Globe editors, giving you a concise summary of the day’s most important headlines. Sign up today.
