Trump staffers are being advised to lawyer-up.

[kpete]

Veterans of White House scandals from Watergate to Plamegate have an important message for Team Trump: It’s time to think about lawyering up.

In the past week, a Senate committee began issuing subpoenas in its investigation into Russian contacts with President Donald Trump’s staff and other associates during the 2016 election campaign and transition, while the FBI continues its own criminal investigation. Trump himself fired FBI Director James Comey and then, in the aftermath, said the Russia probe was “made up” and appeared to threaten Comey on Twitter.


“There’s obviously a risk here,” said Washington white-collar defense attorney Robert Luskin. “And that’s not any kind of judgment on [Trump’s] personal integrity or absence of it, but the apparent fact he doesn’t seem to be very sensitive about norms and about risks.”

It’s an axiom of Washington scandals that the cover-up tends to be worse than the crime — and it’s lower- or mid-level people who wind up getting caught in the worst legal trouble, usually for tangential offenses like perjury or obstruction of justice.


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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/14/trump-staff-lawyers-counsel-238360

[malaise]

1. Oh My!

This is slowly seeping into M$Greedia.

Make My Day!!!

[gibraltar72]

2. A former

member of the transition team said he was glad he didn't stay and those that did should call lawyers immediately.

[burnbaby]

3. part of the cover up

can't be firing comey as he works at the president's pleasure. Whatever is going on before Comey was fired is still going on. I dont' see obstruction of justice here. If saying the Russia probe was "made up" and he believes it, is it still perjury?

If Trump had illegal dealings with the Russians then lets get going and charge him and his team. Impeach him, jail them all

Sorry just getting tired of waiting for things to happen

[MGKrebs]

7. It may not "technically" be legal obstruction

of justice, but it certainly looks like the spirit of obstruction. Besides, it's unclear whether Trump could actually be indicted while president. From what I've read, most legal scholars think that impeachment is the only course of action to address presidential crimes. (What happens after that is pretty much untested.) But "high crimes and misdemeanors" are subject to interpretation so Congress doesn't exactly have to meet any particular legal standard to impeach anyway.

As I've said before- Trump is psycho and he's not going to get better. He will continue to do crazy things and each time he does another couple of Repubs (hopefully) begin to consider Plan B. Eventually they will get there. I read somewhere that the election in GA6 is going to be an important indicator for some Repubs- if they become convinced that putting up with the craziness isn't even getting them any political victories there is little reason left to stay aboard SS Trump while it's sinking.

June 20th. Let's go Jon Ossoff!

[TNLib]

4. lawyer up

funny I think I saw someone tweet that they are running out of good lawyers in Washington.

[lindysalsagal]

5. And then they turned...3....2...1

BOOM!

[lindysalsagal]

6. Don't bother clicking link: ads cover the article.

But thanks!