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Trump close to choosing outside counsel for Russia investigation
President Trump is moving rapidly toward assembling outside counsel to help him navigate the investigations into his campaign and Russian interference in last years election, and in recent days he and his advisers have privately courted several prominent attorneys to join the effort.
By Monday, a list of finalists for the legal team had emerged, according to four people briefed on the discussions.
That search process, in which Trump has been personally involved, is expected to yield a formal legal unit in the coming days, comprised of lawyers from several law firms who would work together to guide Trump as he responds both to the ongoing federal probe and the congressional investigations, the people said.
While the list of finalists remains somewhat fluid and names could be added, two people close to the search said the president has concluded that he would like a team of attorneys, rather than a single lawyer, to represent him. The team is likely to have lead counselors, those people said.
President Trump is moving rapidly toward assembling outside counsel to help him navigate the investigations into his campaign and Russian interference in last years election, and in recent days he and his advisers have privately courted several prominent attorneys to join the effort.
By Monday, a list of finalists for the legal team had emerged, according to four people briefed on the discussions.
That search process, in which Trump has been personally involved, is expected to yield a formal legal unit in the coming days, comprised of lawyers from several law firms who would work together to guide Trump as he responds both to the ongoing federal probe and the congressional investigations, the people said.
While the list of finalists remains somewhat fluid and names could be added, two people close to the search said the president has concluded that he would like a team of attorneys, rather than a single lawyer, to represent him. The team is likely to have lead counselors, those people said.
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Such behaviour is passing strange for a man who is simply the subject of a witch hunt, against whom no indictments have been issued. I wonder what Pamela Talkin told him?
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Trump close to choosing outside counsel for Russia investigation (Original Post)
GliderGuider
May 2017
OP
Boston? Try Cambridge, and their office REALLY is upscale, right off Harvard Square
Brother Buzz
May 2017
#8
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)1. We don't have to pay for this ,do we?
GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)2. Oh yes you do. Sorry. nt
Brother Buzz
(36,440 posts)9. I believe the Trump Campaign Committee is on the hook
And if that's case, it's his supporters who are paying
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)3. Heuy Dewy and Louie,
me thinks.
GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)4. Dewey, Screwem and Howe...
nt
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)6. Think their offices are some where in Boston,
upstairs in the back of the Tappet Brothers Garage. Really high class I am told.
Brother Buzz
(36,440 posts)8. Boston? Try Cambridge, and their office REALLY is upscale, right off Harvard Square
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)10. Oh my!
Lovin it for real. Thanks a bunch.
Brother Buzz
(36,440 posts)12. I discovered it by accident twenty-eight years ago
Not that a million people didn't already know about it, but I was visiting Harvard Square and happened to look up and see it and instantly made the the connection; I knew the Magliozzi brothers had an office around Harvard Square, but I didn't know about the window. It really, really made this West Coaster's vacation to the East Coast complete.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)5. Rumor is all the big firms are saying no.
Better Call Saul.
Stinky The Clown
(67,807 posts)7. I heard something about Ted Olsen being discussed.
eleny
(46,166 posts)11. No matter who he selects he'll fire them because he can't keep his trap shut