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By Philip Rucker, Ashley Parker and Devlin Barrett
July 13 at 8:08 PM
... He wont follow instructions. After one meeting in which they urged Trump to steer clear of a certain topic, he sent a tweet about that very theme before they arrived back at their office.
He wont compartmentalize. With aides, advisers and friends breezing in and out of the Oval Office, it is not uncommon for the president to suddenly turn the conversation to Russia a subject that perpetually gnaws at him in a meeting about something else entirely.
And he wont discipline himself. Trumps legal team, led by Marc E. Kasowitz of New York, is laboring to underscore the potential risk to the president if he engages without a lawyer in discussions with other people under scrutiny in widening Russia inquiries, including Jared Kushner, his son-in-law and senior adviser ...
Another question is who will pay the legal fees for the president and administration officials involved in the Russia inquiries. Some in Trumps orbit are pushing the Republican National Committee to bear the costs, said three people with knowledge of the situation, including one who euphemistically described the debate as a robust discussion ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-legal-team-faces-tensions--and-a-client-who-often-takes-his-own-counsel/2017/07/13/07361fc6-67eb-11e7-8eb5-cbccc2e7bfbf_story.html?utm_term=.e4fc7dd9d5ce
BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)Apparently Jared whispers the latest "info" on Russia, etc into Big Daddy's ear which his lawyers aren't privy to themselves. He also said that Jared's own lawyers are the ones who leaked the Don Jr. emails to the NY Times to save Jared's ass since apparently Jared would face more criminal charges than Don Jr. I haven't heard about any of this today though.
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)I would have assumed that Abbe Lowell would be running the show, except for the fact that the whole thing is such a trainwreck.
Gothmog
(145,124 posts)Leith
(7,808 posts)Is that something that actually happens? Before now, that is.