Saul was a lawyer for the Cartel so he was affiliated with Gus, and as you can see in better call saul he was affiliated with the other side of the cartel (Salemunca). Plus being affiliated with WW and Jessie.

He dealt in money laundering for both of them, especially WW And Jessie, as well as doing other dirty legal stuff, like having Huell hold Ted hostage to sign a check. So he would have been knee deep in money laundering charges, and being an accessory to the operation of a narcotic drug business for both the Cartel and WW. That's why when the shit hit the fan he got his mean secretary to shred all the documents in the office, and told her what to say to the cops. He was fucked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOJvNAlsgs4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOJvNAlsgs4

Plus Huell probably gave up info as well.

And by being affiliated with Gus and Mike, who he knew before Walt, Lydia would probably had him killed just by him knowing so much, just like she was in on the prisoners getting killed, and wanting to kill WW (when he returned with that bogus plan to lydia, because he knew how much of snake lydia was) once she hooked up with Todd.


Jimmy was screwed, legally and illegally. No friends and no protection.