I’m just gonna go out on a limb and assert that Alina Habba and Jenna Ellis were probably not selected for their legal acumen, but for being obedient acolytes no matter the ethicality of the demands made of them. Well that, plus their readiness to accept pay in promises rather than legal tender, and their overall ease on beady little orange eyes.

One notes Habba is still on the team though, front and center, perhaps because the field of attorneys willing to pay their mortgages with Trump promises has only shrunk in recent times. Ellis is not,** because Trump doesn’t like losers, especially convicted felons who fought and lost. Probably because they freak him out, bursting the fantasy with their ugly realities and reminding him of the much wider world of his own legal repercussions, should they ever actually arrive.

** I don’t know if Jenna Ellis ever actually got disbarred, she may still have a law license somewhere. But even if Trump could stand the constant reminders, now Ellis has legal bills of her own, and competent attorneys do not accept payment in the form of Trump promises.