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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJared Kushner's lawyer, Jamie Gorelick, is dropping out of representing him in the Russia probe
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-shakes-legal-team-probe-gathers-steam-191810956.htmlUnder intensifying fire over its handling of the Russia investigations, the White House is shaking up its legal team, 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.
At the same time, Jamie Gorelick, a politically well-connected lawyer who has been representing Jared Kushner, the presidents son-in-law, is dropping out of the case, turning over all responsibilities for the Russia investigation to Abbe Lowell, another well-known Washington criminal defense lawyer.
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 to corrupt Washington fixer Jack Abramoff, will exclusively represent Kushner in inquires being conducted by congressional committees and Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller.
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they are scared shitless it seems.
Midnight Writer
(21,841 posts)LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)Likely So.
erronis
(15,429 posts)They don't pay taxes and they get you stooopids to pay for their house in DC, their transportation, their legal defense, and eventually their prison cells.
rzemanfl
(29,581 posts)LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)Like so.
brooklynite
(94,916 posts)Kaleva
(36,384 posts)klook
(12,174 posts)Kaleva
(36,384 posts)There was talk of her being Hillary's AG if she had won.
Hekate
(90,978 posts)dchill
(38,594 posts)Virtual Burlesque
(132 posts)Lying to one's counsel was what caused Gorelick to bow out. Lawyers tend to dislike clients who do that.
MiddleClass
(888 posts)To criminal defendant status, sounds like Robert Mueller, then the Virginia grand jury.
Are showing their cards to a target? We still don't know as it's not public yet.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)MiddleClass
(888 posts)Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)sunonmars
(8,656 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)She's well out of that sinkhole.
orangecrush
(19,661 posts)Meet fan!
Justice
(7,188 posts)She probably thought Jared and Ivanka were the "good" ones.
SunSeeker
(51,787 posts)It will take a long, looong time for that slimy feeling to go away, Jamie.
VOX
(22,976 posts)Corgigal
(9,291 posts)will listen to an attorney. They were born special, and are so much better then the attorneys they hired to save them from prison. Good luck lawyers, just get your funding up front.
lindysalsagal
(20,785 posts)Like get their fingers deep into jarred's poo-poo.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)marylandblue
(12,344 posts)If attorneys refused to represent scumbags, they'd have no clients.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Gothmog
(145,800 posts)Abbe Lowell is a trial attorney You only hire Abbe Lowell if you are guilty as heck
riversedge
(70,419 posts)to see she is leaving.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Fritz Walter
(4,292 posts)Sharks are actually swimming *away from* a ship that is not only sinking but is also on fire.
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RandomAccess
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