Advisers Urge Trump to Hire an Outside Lawyer
Source: New York Times
WASHINGTON Several White House advisers and personal associates of President Trump have urged him to hire an experienced outside lawyer to help him deal with issues arising from a surging controversy over whether his campaign had ties to Russia, according to several people briefed on the conversations.
The recommendations came even before a special counsel was named on Wednesday to lead the investigation into any collusion between the Trump presidential campaign and Russian officials.
Mr. Trumps aides and allies were said to be especially concerned by the revelation that James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director fired by Mr. Trump, has contemporaneous, detailed memos reconstructing conversations with the president.
While the office of the president is represented by the White House counsel, presidents in the past have employed outside lawyers when their private actions were called into question.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/us/politics/white-house-outside-lawyer-trump.html?_r=0
He hasn't done anything wrong, so what would he have to hide?
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)R Merm
(405 posts)cause that's all the money they will receive from tRump.
FSogol
(45,356 posts)dalton99a
(81,065 posts)bucolic_frolic
(42,663 posts)One of the origins of Hype and Hysteria for the masses
Tanuki
(14,893 posts)Orly's co-counsel (or, in Trumpese, "co-council" .
BumRushDaShow
(127,288 posts)bucolic_frolic
(42,663 posts)Maybe a legal intervention will help
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)top notch Gorelick (who works for Mueller's now former law firm) so I am surprised that they haven't forced him to hire the same level of talent.
Justice
(7,182 posts)Kaleva
(36,146 posts)Marthe48
(16,690 posts)than it took to get a special prosecutor. Stopwatch vs. calendar.
cstanleytech
(26,080 posts)common sense.
FSogol
(45,356 posts)because that is a standard GOP canard whenever they try to remove civil liberties, increase surveillance, etc.
Brother Buzz
(36,212 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Staph
(6,245 posts)I thought the firm was originally called Dewey, Cheatum ad Howe.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)You're the smart one.. you don't need no frickin lawyer. You can handle it! You're the best thinker!
Pluvious
(4,277 posts)Or just wot, offer him some Big Beautiful Cake ??
murielm99
(30,656 posts)He really does think he is teflon.
Too bad Racehorse Haynes died. At least that would be entertaining.