So the ex-Boilermakers Union International President who was convicted of embezzling millions of dollars from the union stopped paying his lawyers, and now they're trying to drop him right before sentencing What a shitshow

Convicted ex-Boilermaker leader’s law firm withdraws as counsel prior to sentencingNewton Jones told the judge he can’t afford to pay his legal bills and that if he qualified financially, he would request a court-appointed attorney to represent him.www.kansascity.com