Lawyer removes post calling his client a 'terrible criminal'

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A lawyer representing a high-profile Iowa murder suspect has removed a Facebook post in which he attacked another one of his clients as an "idiot" and "terrible criminal" who deserved to be jailed.

Attorney Chad Frese said Friday that his post was being misinterpreted but that he doesn't believe it violated ethical rules.

Frese and his wife are representing Cristhian Bahena Rivera, who's charged with killing 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts.

In the post, Frese recounted meeting with a different defendant to prepare for a trial involving federal gun and drug charges. He wrote that he was "flabbergasted" when the man suggested Frese would have a hard time connecting with blue-collar jurors.