Must be Nauta.
Pic from wikipedia Walt Nauta - Wikipedia
Excuse me he was charged in a serious crime, lets use his whole name.
Ha. But I feel sorry for the guy. Afaik heās just a random dude who got taken in by a bullshit artist.
prison suit guy 
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Canāt the court just force some bigshot to do it? Iāve definitely seen that move on TV before.
But in real life, I know that when there is some high-profile trial, busto defendants donāt get stuck with public defenders. They somehow (and Iām not sure how) end up getting blue chip attorneys. For some reason I have it in my head that this is done to avoid bullshit ineffective assistance claims later. But Iāve got no idea. Anyone want to enlighten me?
It depends on the case, but itās often some combination of
A) Big attorney accepts little or no money because they believe in the cause and/or they think taking on this case will help them get other lucrative cases down the road
B) Defendant is able to get money for defense from a rich person who takes an interest in the case or some sort of crowd-sourced legal defense fund.
The most recent example that comes to mind is the Boston Marathon bombing. How did the defendants get the representation that they got? I donāt think they were represented by standard public defenders and Iām not sure if A or B above applies. Did one of them apply?
Melania was getting her hair done while Donald was in court. Not that thereās anything wrong with that.
Dzhohkar Tsarnaev was assigned a team of federal public defenders. One of them was Judy Clarke, a notable opponent of the death penalty who ends up defending a lot of horrible people facing potential capital punishment, like Susan Smith, Eric Rudolph, and the Unabomber.
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Building on what @NotBruceZ said, in the Marathon case, it falls under principle. She defends āthe worst of the worstā based on opposition to the death penalty.
Long read if you want more insight on her motivations
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I skimmed Clarkeās wikipedia page and it says she was a public defender, but now is in private practice with her husband. Maybe I misunderstood something there.
If you ever think modern Trump impressions are over the top:
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For those that donāt know of her, thereās a great New Yorker long form about her.
The Worst of the Worst | The New Yorker
Edit - ponied by @Bigoldnit - funny that New Yorker and VF had long forms near the same time.
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My ambitious prediction is that at some point in the trial Trump decides to forgo counsel and represent himself.
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I would dance naked in the streets every day to see that.
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