Tony D'Amato
It's all about the inches
Its gonna b in 1 of 3 placesimagine the Trump Library
Trump Tower NY
Mar a Lago
Liberty University
Bush is still a moron
RUSSIA/РОССИЯ THREAD—ASSANGE CHRGD W/ SPYING—DJT IMPEACHED TWICE-US TREASURY SANCTS KILIMNIK AS RUSSIAN AGNT
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Trump Tower NY
Mar a Lago
Liberty University
Bush is still a moron
Tony D'Amato
It's all about the inches
I hope its that chubby Russian Ambassador
MalikX
Superstar
That gun starting to sizzle
KUSHER'S LAWYER DIPS OUT!
White House shakes up legal team as probe gathers steam
Attorney Ty Cobb in 2004 and Attorney Abbe Lowell in 2015. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Jerry Cleveland/The Denver Post via Getty Images, John Mincillo/AP, AP, Getty Images)
The White House, under intensifying fire over its handling of the Russia investigations, is shaking up its legal team: It is bringing on board a veteran Washington criminal defense lawyer just as another high profile attorney bows out of representing a senior official who is in investigators’ cross hairs.
Ty Cobb, who has represented multiple figures in Washington scandals dating back to the Clinton administration, will be joining the White House staff at the end of this month as a special counsel to the president, charged with handling all legal and media related issues relating to the Russia probe, sources said.
In the coming weeks, Gorelick will be “wrapping up” her representation of Kushner on issues relating to ethics and his security clearance form, the sources said. But Lowell, a skilled litigator who has represented clients ranging from former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) to corrupt Washington fixer Jack Abramoff, will exclusively represent Kushner in inquires being conducted by congressional committees and Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller.
Lawyer, Jamie Gorelick poses for a portrait on Friday June 09, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Whether Kasowtiz or other members of the president’s defense team informed their client about the emails is not known; Trump told reporters this week he only learned about the meeting “two or three days ago.” But Richard Painter, the former top ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush, said it was “unbelievable” that the president’s lawyers would not have alerted President Trump to the matter when they learned about them. “You have a professional obligation to inform the client about information that he needs to make informed decisions,” he said.
Cobb, who is distantly related to the Hall of Fame baseball player of the same name, declined to comment about his new role. But he is known to take a different approach to Washington scandal management than the combative Kasowitz. His preferred modus operandi, he has told associates, is to get out in front of negative stories and publicly release as much information as possible under the theory that it’s likely to come out anyway and concealing it will only exacerbate future political problems.
Unlike Kasowitz and two other outside defense lawyers representing the president, Jay Sekulow and John Dowd, Cobb will be joining the White House staff. But he won’t be reporting to Don McGahn, the White House counsel. Instead, he will serve as “special counsel” to Trump himself, making him the point man in the ongoing struggle to persuade the president not to tweet about matters that could complicate his legal problems in the Russia probe.
Marc Kasowitz personal attorney of President Donald Trump, leaves a packed room at the National Press Club in Washington, Thursday, June 8, 2017 after delivering a statement following the congressional testimony of former FBI Director James Comey. (Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
The sources say Gorelick’s time as Kushner’s chief lawyer were numbered once Lowell came on board as a member of his legal team more than a month ago. It would be highly unusual for two such prominent lawyers from different firms to share responsibilities in a sensitive criminal investigation.
Gorelick was always in an awkward role as Kushner’s counsel. She is a prominent Democrat in Washington legal circles, having served as chief counsel to the Defense Department and later deputy attorney general during the Clinton administration. She had faced quiet criticism from longtime friends and colleagues for being associated with the legal defense of a top official in the Trump White House. But sources familiar with the matter said that Gorelick’s departure was largely driven by the appointment of Mueller, who had been a partner in Gorelick’s firm, Wilmer Hale, to serve as special counsel. At that point, Gorelick informed Kushner that conflict issues could arise over her representation, including the possibility that Mueller might be motivated to be tougher on Kushner—leaning over backward to avoid the appearance of going easy on him out of deference to his former law partner. After weighing the issues, Kushner chose to hire Lowell as his lawyer in the Russia probe.
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Please let one be Sr.
Berniewood Hogan
IT'S BERNIE SANDERS WITH A STEEL CHAIR!
he was at a fundraiser at that time.
one block away.
ExodusNirvana
Change is inevitable...
Books with blank pages and shyt
You go down into the periodicals department in the basement and cats running a casino out the motherfukker...craps tables and shyt...
MoneyBags
Dapper Don Don Boss of Bosses Chief of Chiefs
well after seeing him pretend drive the big rigs
this isnt suprising
8 year old in a 70 year old body
NaijaProdigy Redux
Veteran
Like if you're going to dirt at least don't be incompetent about it. The U.S. deserves a better class of criminal 