President Donald Trump is lawyering up, according to a report published Monday by the Washington Post.
Trump and his advisers are “moving rapidly” to secure outside counsel to guide the President through ongoing investigations into possible collusion between members of his campaign and Russian officials, the Washington Post reported, citing four unnamed sources briefed on the discussions.
The administration has put together a list of finalists, according to the report, including Marc E. Kasowitz, Robert J. Giuffra Jr., Reid H. Weingarten and Theodore B. Olson.
Kasowitz has defended Trump in the past, and wrote a letter during Trump’s campaign last year demanding a retraction and apology from the New York Times for publishing a report that Trump groped women years earlier.
Weingarten is a high-profile D.C. defense attorney who represented former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) against charges related to Jackson’s misuse of hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds.
Two unnamed sources “close to the search” told the Washington Post that Trump wants a team of lawyers to represent him rather than a single attorney.
The White House did not immediately respond to TPM’s request for comment.
For Donnie, the best qualified contender is the esteemed K Street law firm of Dewey, Cheetam & Howe
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Would someone like Ted Olson want that gig?
It’s one thing to assemble a team of the world’s brightest legal minds.
It’s another to actually listen to them and follow their advice.
I just hope like hell that I’m not paying for this because I’m damn sick and tired of funding this PESOS! (pig-eyed sack of shit for those not yet familiar…)
Dear new Trump lawyer team, get him to pay you up front. He has this knack for not paying the contractors he hires.
Donnie would be stupid enough to stiff lawyers. Fingers crossed.