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USALiberal

(10,877 posts)
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 01:22 PM Mar 2018

Trump Wont Hire 2 Lawyers Whose Appointments Were Announced Days Ago

President Trump has decided not to hire two lawyers who were announced last week as new additions to his legal team, leaving him with a shrinking stable of lawyers as the investigation by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, enters an intense phase.

“The president is disappointed that conflicts prevent Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing from joining the president’s special counsel legal team,” Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer, Jay Sekulow, said in a statement on Sunday morning. “However, those conflicts do not prevent them from assisting the president in other legal matters. The president looks forward to working with them.”

The upheaval on the legal team comes at a critical time for Mr. Trump. The president’s former lead lawyer, John Dowd, quit the team on Thursday, just as Mr. Trump is deciding whether to sit with Mr. Mueller for an interview. At the moment, Mr. Sekulow is the president’s chief outside lawyer, as Mr. Trump’s longtime New York lawyer, Marc E. Kasowitz, remains on the periphery.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/25/us/politics/trump-digenova-toensing.html

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Trump Wont Hire 2 Lawyers Whose Appointments Were Announced Days Ago (Original Post) USALiberal Mar 2018 OP
Maybe he can get this guy. Kablooie Mar 2018 #1
He *is* hiring them... SeattleVet Mar 2018 #2
You know, I had forgotten about ole Marc E. Kasowitz, U!! I so hope he comes off his Leghorn21 Mar 2018 #3

SeattleVet

(5,477 posts)
2. He *is* hiring them...
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 01:29 PM
Mar 2018

but they are not supposed to work on the Mueller investigation.

“However, those conflicts do not prevent them from assisting the president in other legal matters. The president looks forward to working with them.”

Sure, 'other legal matters'... <wink, wink, nudge, nudge>

Leghorn21

(13,523 posts)
3. You know, I had forgotten about ole Marc E. Kasowitz, U!! I so hope he comes off his
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 01:33 PM
Mar 2018

periphery-bench and plays an active part for dumbass!!

Remember last July? Someone emailed Kasowitz telling him he probably shouldn’t work with dumbass:

Initially, Kasowitz responded, “F*ck you,” to the original e-mail. After 15 minutes with no response, the lawyer followed up:

And you don’t know me, but I will know you
How dare you send me an email like that
I’m on you now. You are fucking with me now
Let’s see who you are
Watch your back, bitch”


Oh hell, yeah, I want Kasowitz back in the mix!!! He will fuck up so bad we’ll all be in unparalleled awe!!

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