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Politico: Is It Time for Trump staff to lawyer up?
Politico asks the question: Is It Time for Trump staff to lawyer up? The short answer to their question: Yes.
Veterans of past White House scandals from Watergate to Plamegate have an important message for Team Trump: Its 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 Trumps 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 said in the aftermath of that decision that the Russia probe was made up and appeared to threaten Comey on Twitter.
Theres obviously a risk here, said Washington white-collar defense attorney Robert Luskin. And thats not any kind of judgment on [Trumps] personal integrity or absence of it, but the apparent fact he doesnt seem to be very sensitive about norms and about risks.
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Outside observers say the signs are growing that Trumps staff may want to start lining up legal advice, even if its only for preliminary discussions.
If they have information that indicates contact with Russians or attempts to interfere they better damn well, said former FBI agent Lewis Schiliro, who spent 25 years at the FBI before retiring in 2000 as head of the New York field office. Thats a pretty serious thing.
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Politico: Is It Time for Trump staff to lawyer up? (Original Post)
Julian Englis
May 2017
OP
No. He can learn everything about the law and defending himself in an afternoon
Freethinker65
May 2017
#2
The question here is whether Trump's staff should get lawyers, not whether Trump should get lawyers.
Julian Englis
May 2017
#3
mopinko
(69,982 posts)1. this is a development to watch.
especially amid rumors of a cabinet shake up.
Freethinker65
(9,998 posts)2. No. He can learn everything about the law and defending himself in an afternoon
He learned everything about healthcare in a few hours and single-handedly solved all conflicts in the Middle East within a few hours on the golf course. Believe him.
Julian Englis
(2,309 posts)3. The question here is whether Trump's staff should get lawyers, not whether Trump should get lawyers.
Trump already has lawyers. The question for his situation is whether Trump will listen to his lawyers--and, if so, when will he listen to them.
Freethinker65
(9,998 posts)5. You are correct. I misread....but I was also being sarcastic
MedusaX
(1,129 posts)4. Jared will be appointed as their official counsel