WHO'S PAYING FOR SHENG THAO’S LAWYER?
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Sheng Thao’s attorney is Jeffrey Tsai, managing partner of DLAPiper’s San Francisco office. Tsai is a former federal prosecutor and special assistant attorney general under Kamala Harris. Lawyers like that bill thousands per hour. A six-week federal trial, with a defense team behind it, will easily cost millions.
Thao is a renter. Her own attorney told the jury she does not live “a luxury lifestyle.” So who is paying? Here is what the public record shows —and what it suggests... (continued...)