Trump hired Fox News conspiracy theorist lawyer Joseph diGenova on Monday, but he may never take the job due to conflicts of interest related to the Russia investigation.
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CNN reported, “But there is concern about conflicts for both diGenova and Toensing, according to two sources. The two run a small firm and there is a question if diGenova can reasonably claim a lack of conflict when his wife represents clients like Mark Corrallo, who has spoken to special counsel Robert Mueller’s team about how the President and his team responded to the revelations regarding the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting that Donald Trump Jr. and other campaign officials had with a group of Russians. Toensing also represents former Trump campaign national co-chair Sam Clovis, who has faced scrutiny for his connection to campaign foreign policy team member George Papadopoulos, two sources said. NBC News reported Clovis talked to the special counsel. Toensing has asked her clients to sign waivers regarding the conflicts, CNN is told by one person familiar with the matter, but that may not be sufficient to assuage the concerns.”
Trump was already scraping the bottom of the barrel to form his legal team. None of Trump’s lawyers are experts on the constitution or presidential power. The best attornies have refused to work for him, and attornies like John Dowd who did work for Trump, quit because he wouldn’t listen to him. Trump is outmatched by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but the country has never seen a president that was unable to hire quality legal counsel because people refuse to work for him.
Trump has gone through people at a rapid pace since he took office, but hired on Monday and gone by Friday might be a new speed record even for him. Trump can’t even keep the lawyers that he is getting from watching Fox News.
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Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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