Trump Talks With Clinton Impeachment Lawyer About Aiding in Mueller Response

[DonViejo]

Source: The New York Times



By MAGGIE HABERMAN and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT MARCH 10, 2018

President Trump is in discussions with a veteran Washington lawyer who represented Bill Clinton during the impeachment process about joining the White House to help deal with the special counsel inquiry, according to four people familiar with the matter.

The lawyer, Emmet T. Flood, met with Mr. Trump in the Oval Office this past week to discuss the possibility, according to the people. No final decision has been made, according to two of the people.

Should Mr. Flood come on board, the two people said, his main duties would be a day-to-day role helping the president navigate his dealings with the Justice Department.

Two people close to the president said that the overture to Mr. Flood did not indicate any new concerns about the inquiry. Still, it appears, at the least, to be an acknowledgment that the investigation is unlikely to end anytime soon.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/us/politics/trump-mueller-flood.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Tariffs but everyone's exempt, parade but no tanks

I suspect this is a lawyer but no lawyer .... in other words, this guy would be crazy to join because batsh*t crazy Chief won't listen to anyone anyway. WHO would want to get involved? It's not worth the money.

[dchill]

2. Trump should ask Mr Flood two questions:

1. What can you do about a grand jury subpoena?
2. What can you do about the truth?

Go from there.

[NCjack]

3. #45 may try to construct his own alternate grand jury and truths. nt

[dchill]

4. I dearly hope so.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. "the overture to Mr. Flood did not indicate any new concerns about the inquiry."

Um really? Then why bother? Weren't his previous "best people", the "best"?

[flibbitygiblets]

6. Trump Talks With Impeachment Lawyer. Gotta love the sound of that.

[riversedge]

7. :-)