Trump Hires Another Lawyer For Russia Legal Team

President Donald Trump listens during a news conference with Romania's President Klaus Werner Iohannis in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Donald Trump listens during a news conference with Romania's President Klaus Werner Iohannis in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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President Donald Trump has hired another attorney to join his outside legal team as he faces a special counsel investigation, according to reports from Reuters, Politico, and CNN.

John Dowd, a veteran Washington, D.C. lawyer, will join Trump’s legal team run by Marc Kasowitz, a longtime attorney for Trump.

Dowd led the Major League Baseball investigation into Pete Rose and represented Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on the congressional ethics charges in the “Keating Five” probe.

Trump has added lawyers to his outside legal team as the Russia investigations heat up. The Washington Post reported this week that special counsel Robert Mueller is now investigating whether Trump tried to obstruct justice, and Trump appeared to confirm that in a Friday tweet.

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  1. And we’re paying for it, right? Donald doesn’t pay for anything he doesn’t think he should pay for.

  2. Doesn’t matter how many he hires if he doesn’t listen to them.

  3. As someone said yesterday, it’s lawyers all the way down. Nice to know he’s used to representing crooked politicians.

  4. Indirectly I suppose. Taxpayers paying for Mar A Lago visits which is then supposedly used to pay lawyers. Supposedly because Trump doesn’t actually pay bills.

    Edit: Trump will have to pay Dowd. He’s a solo practitioner and unlikely inclined to write off.

  5. Kasowitz tells White House staffers not to get lawyers, then MANGOTUS lawyers up. Hint to staffers: You are being set up and might, just might, go to the Special Counsel now while you can.

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