Trump Lawyer Warned by Stormy Daniels’s Attorney of ‘Ethical Breach’

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Tacopina told judge he wouldn’t question Daniels at trial

Joe Tacopina outside court in New York, on April 4.Photographer: Alex Kent/Bloomberg

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By Patricia Hurtado

April 6, 2023 at 9:04 PM UTC

Updated on

April 6, 2023 at 11:10 PM UTC

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Donald Trump’s lawyer Joe Tacopina may have a conflict of interest because Stormy Daniels shared “confidences” with him about her sexual encounter with the former president, a lawyer for the adult-film star said.

Daniels is at the center of a hush-money case against Trump, who pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records at his company related to $130,000 he paid to buy her silence.