Trump Georgia Co-Defendant’s Lawyers File Notice to Withdraw From RICO Case

ATLANTA — Attorneys for Trevian Kutti, one of Donald Trump's co-defendants in the Georgia election racketeering case, filed notice on Monday night they no longer intend to represent the embattled publicist who has gained notoriety for her outlandish public statements.

The three-page notice provides no rationale for her Chicago and Atlanta-based lawyers seeking to jump ship. Reached by phone, Darryl Cohen, Kutti’s Atlanta-based attorney, said that “in order to have a good lawyer-client relationship, the client has to listen, the client has to be on board and you have to be paid.” 

“All these things have to happen,” Cohen added. “I'm not saying any of those things did or didn't happen, but you can extrapolate.” 

Cohen, insisting he was speaking generically, continued: “This case is so unusual and so high profile with everybody looking at it under a microscope, that you've got to be very careful as to what you say because you never know who's coming after you.”

Kutti’s Chicago-based lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Kutti also did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment or a message on Instagram. 

A one-time publicist for Ye, the rapper and singer-songwriter formerly known as Kanye West, Kutti faces racketeering and witness intimidation charges in Fulton County. She has pleaded not guilty and is free on a $75,000 bond.

However, her bond agreement may be in peril, following her making statements on Instagram live that appeared to threaten Fulton County election worker Ruby Freeman.

"There's a woman sitting somewhere who knows this whole thing is a lie. Who knows I never did anything to her. Who knows I never. Who knows she begged me for help. There's a woman sitting somewhere who knows that I'm going to f**k her whole life up when this is done," Kutti said in the Instagram Live video.

Kutti has also posted claims on social media that she would be tapped to serve as Trump’s press secretary were he to be elected in 2024.

One of her most recent posts on Instagram from Monday appeared to show her with Jacob Chansley, otherwise known as the QAnon shaman who served jail time for his participation in the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot, flipping off the camera. The photo was seemingly taken at the America First Fest, a MAGA-centric convention taking place in Phoenix, AZ and organized by Turning Point USA, a conservative advocacy nonprofit.