George Zimmerman has found a new attorney in media-hungry, Miami-based super lawyer Jayne Weintraub. Interestingly, Weintraub, who is a regular talking head on TV news, had previously called Zimmerman a "racist," a "wannabe cop," and called Stand Your Ground a "stupid law."
According to the Associated Press, Weintraub, who works at the law firm of Broad and Cassel, has agreed to represent Zimmerman against his latest domestic violence charges. She replaces a Seminole County public defender. It's unclear if she is being paid for her services.
Though, as Media Matters points out Weintraub has appeared on CNN numerous times commenting on the original Zimmerman case.
"Personally, I think Stand Your Ground is a terrible, terrible law. I think it's almost giving extra permission for those who carry guns," she said once on Piers Morgan.
"Should he not have had a gun? Of course he shouldn't have had a gun. I don't think anyone should," she stated on a previous edition of the show. Though she called Zimmerman a "wannabe cop" during that appearance, she did argue that he shouldn't face any criminal liabilities.
Media Matters also pulled up a tweet in which she called both Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin racists.
So why would she represent him? Surely it has nothing to do with the fact that Zimmerman's previous attorney, Mark O'Mara, was rewarded with a permanent legal analyst gig at CNN shortly after he represented Zimmerman in his murder case.
Though Weintraub appeared on CNN a few times during Zimmerman's original trial, she doesn't have a permanent gig with the channel.
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