BREAKING White House lawyer Ty Cobb is exiting and will be replaced by Clinton impeachment attorney

[Le Gaucher]

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Source: WaPO

By Washington Post Staff May 2 at 12:49 PM
Cobb, who served as the White House point person in dealing with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, is stepping down, according to senior administration officials.

He is expected to be replaced by Williams & Connolly partner Emmet T. Flood, a Republican defense lawyer who helped President Bill Clinton during impeachment proceedings and was interviewed by President Trump earlier this year.

“For several weeks, Ty Cobb has been discussing his retirement and last week he let Chief of Staff Kelly know he would retire at the end of this month,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement.
This is a developing story. It will be updated.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/05/02/white-house-lawyer-ty-cobb-is-exiting-and-will-be-replaced-by-clinton-impeachment-attorney-emmet-flood/?utm_term=.953faea70d33

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[Me.]

1. Oh So Now

Clinton world isn't forbidden. Lock him up.

[SunSeeker]

3. I know, right? This is fucking hilarious!

[Eliot Rosewater]

26. His filthy SIXTY MILLION followers wont see the hypocrisy in this, of course.

One thing we DO Want is for the traitor and friends to have the very best defense, that way there is NO appeal which will be successful.

[lagomorph777]

25. At least Flood has a proven track record in the field.

He must be smart. So I assume he'll last about a week.

[NastyRiffraff]

35. He's probably used to clients who listen

Most clients try to weave and dodge to an extent, but a good lawyer will insist on a client's truthfulness when speaking to the lawyer. It's the only way a lawyer can function. Trump does not listen to ANYONE, so I agree, Flood won't last long.

[JenniferJuniper]

2. Well, bless my smokey-eyed soul!

Impeachment and Clinton both!

[Nitram]

4. I hope he rips off a fortune from Trump.

Although he probably will never be paid.

[smb]

8. If He Has Any Sense He'll Demand Cash Up Front nt

[Salviati]

33. and not forget to bring the pen to check for counterfeit bills

Check every bill while trump sits there. On the clock of course.

[blue-wave]

5. All joking aside

two things come to mind. Is this just a political ploy so it appears impeachment is imminent? Gotta get the Trumpista base fired up for the midterms!! Pelosi and Reid are correct. Pushing impeachment will only motivate the Trump base of support.

Or is it that this guy is in so much doodoo he can't hold onto any attorney?

[Nitram]

10. I'm not worried about Trump's base. We outnumber them. I'm worried about Congressional Republicans

[spinbaby]

18. Im worried about his base.

Too many of them are crazies with guns.

[Nitram]

19. We've got the U.S. military on our side. Most of those yahoos are total cowards.

It is votes that will win this war, not guns.

[Dave Starsky]

36. We saw how the Trump militia performs with the Bundy bunch.

They settled in for a long winter siege against "The Man" and were on Facebook begging for Mountain Dew and Doritos a few days later. People sent them dildoes instead.

And this was the best, the brightest, and the most motivated of the right-wing amateur army at work.

Yeah, a Trump acolyte may go and do something awful every now and then, but they are already doing that. I refuse to be fearful of them because--and this is very important--that's exactly what terrorists want you to do.

[duforsure]

6. Is this just another ploy?

To hire this former Clinton lawyer, then later to use as an excuse by claiming he was working for Clinton?

[onenote]

11. No. The guy also worked for Bush II and Cheney

[lagomorph777]

27. That's two moves farther ahead than Pres. Turd can plan.

[.99center]

7. I bet he's still on Clinton's payroll.

If Trump's innocent, why's he hiring people connected to Soros?

[onenote]

9. Flood isn't just a "Clinton" guy -- he has Bush II and Cheney connections

Flood worked in the White House counsel's office during the Bush II administration and he represented Vice President Dick Cheney in the civil suit brought by former CIA employee Valerie Plame against a number of senior Administration officials.

[Nitram]

12. Sounds like he has a lot of experience defending against obstruction of justice charges.

[onenote]

13. Not sure. But he was heavily involved in executive privilege claims for Bush II

[Nitram]

15. I believe it was obstruction in Cheney's case.

[onenote]

21. I don't think so.

Plame's suit against Cheney et al claimed violations of her First Amendment right, her right to Equal Protection, and her privacy rights. Nothing about obstruction of justice.

[Nitram]

23. You're right, I was confusing Plames's suit against Cheney with Fitzgerald's investigation.

[bucolic_frolic]

14. Lest we forget

Link to tweet

The Failing New York Times purposely wrote a false story stating that I am unhappy with my legal team on the Russia case and am going to add another lawyer to help out. Wrong. I am VERY happy with my lawyers, John Dowd, Ty Cobb and Jay Sekulow. They are doing a great job and.....


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Don't know why the NY Times doesn't dust off some legal suits and go for libel ... their motives, if any, are not transparent to anyone

[JenniferJuniper]

16. March 2018 was decades ago

in Trump years.

[onenote]

17. Flood is solidly Republican

Check him out on open secrets. No donations to Democrats. Numerous donations to Republicans including Trump, Mike Pompeo (several times), Ed Gillespie, GW Bush, etc.

[C Moon]

32. It seems they are ambitious when they head to the WH...

but after a couple of weeks they turn pale and walk out.

[Danascot]

20. Did Bolton get Spanky

to let Cobb go because of mustache envy?

[wishstar]

22. Us taxpayers are paying their salaries, since this is official WH counsel, not personal atty

[Javaman]

24. Titanic Trump. LOL nt

[Botany]

28. Somebody does not want to go down w/the ship

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Stöwer_Titanic.jpg

[C Moon]

29. Draining the swamp...of lawyers.

[Julian Englis]

30. Bad news in that Flood is extremely good

tRump finally has a superstar attorney on board.

[jayschool2013]

31. Standard Operating Procedure

On the Titanic.

[jberryhill]

37. this thing is going down so fast, they are not re-arranging deck chairs on the Titanic

they are re-arranging the table settings on the Hindenburg.

[PoliticAverse]

34. NY Times article on the replacement...

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/us/politics/emmet-flood-ty-cobb-white-house-lawyer-special-counsel.html

[muriel_volestrangler]

38. Locking - duplicate thread

of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142050495 . Please continue discussion there. Thanks.