Kushner has added another attorney - Abbe Lowell

[QED]

I don't know one from the other but this guy is a "leading criminal defense lawyer."

Kushner adds powerhouse lawyer Abbe Lowell to legal team

Jared Kushner has hired Abbe Lowell, one of the country's leading criminal defense lawyers, to represent him in the special counsel's probe of potential Russian collusion with the Trump campaign and his financial dealings, as well as in separate congressional inquiries.

But Kushner has also decided to keep Jamie Gorelick, his current lawyer and a WilmerHale partner, on his legal team, a spokesman said in response to questions. Some close to Kushner have raised questions about Gorelick remaining on his team because Bob Mueller, the special counsel, was previously a partner at WilmerHale.


http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/26/jared-kushner-lowell-legal-team-239973

[Gothmog]

1. You only hire Abbe Lowell if you are guilty

[brer cat]

3. That sounds very promising, Gothmog! nt

[onenote]

4. That's an odd thing to say.

First, he wins a lot of his cases, so I'm not sure why you'd be happy that he was hired to defend Kushner.

Second, not everyone he represents is guilty. Unless you think Bill Clinton was guilty and should've been impeached (Lowell was hired to be Chief Counsel for the Democrats on the Judiciary Committee when they were considering impeachment against Clinton). He also represented Sean Combs who was accused by a right wing group of violating election laws by running a get out the vote effort to support John Kerry. The FEC dismissed the charges.

While everyone is entitled to a defense, and I think Kushner is guilty as hell of various legal infractions, having Lowell and Gorelick defending him increases the chances he will get off.

[Gothmog]

5. Abbe is brought in only on really though cases

As for Clinton, the impeachment was a political act and not a legal act. There was no chance that President Clinton would be removed

[Honeycombe8]

2. Hmmmm. Interesting. I guess that's what that fat loan from Russia will be used for.

[AgadorSparticus]

6. The fuse that Mr. Comey's friend tweeted about just got shorter.