I hope Ted Olson doesn't become one of Trump's consiglieres.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

President Trump’s legal team has reached out to Theodore B. Olson, one of the country’s most high-profile and seasoned litigators, to join forces amid mounting challenges in the probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election, according to three people familiar with the discussions.

The addition of Olson would come as Trump, feeling more vulnerable to the investigation led by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, has told confidants he wants to recruit top-tier talent and shake up his group of lawyers, the people said.

Olson, 77, who served as solicitor general in the George W. Bush administration and has long been considered a legal superstar, would bring deeper ties to the Justice Department and more experience on landmark cases than any of Trump’s current lawyers.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-legal-team-seeks-to-add-gravitas-with-offer-to-star-gop-attorney-theodore-b-olson/2018/03/20/571f1e46-2c41-11e8-8ad6-fbc50284fce8_story.html?utm_term=.36859ee91779

After the stellar work he did in arguing for and achieving marriage equality I hope Ted Olson doesn't become one of Trump's consiglieres.

[hlthe2b]

1. I know.. just when I was starting to feel better about Olson given his work on gay marriage

and able to somewhat push aside his work on Bush* selection, this would destroy his reputation--even among Republicans. Surely he won't be THAT stupid?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. He's like a demigod for his marriage equality work.

It would be like Clarence Darrow going to work for John Dillinger.

[CurtEastPoint]

3. I'm sorry but at age 77, with a good rep and I'm sure shitloads of $$, why would you do it?

[YessirAtsaFact]

4. Especially for a client who is this erratic

OrangeTurd has to drive his lawyers crazy.

He can’t keep his mouth shut!

[Achilleaze]

10. Especially for someone* who has betrayed the United States of America

* Comrade Casino, the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. Especially going up against Mueller, a man with whom you share much in common with.

[MichMary]

6. In spite of the good things he has done

he is rw. His wife (whose name escapes me) was on the flight that crashed into the Pentagon on 9/11. She had just written an anti-Clinton book.

[DarthDem]

7. Bobbi n/t

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. He argued for the plaintiffs in Obergefell v. Hodges

That will be the first line in his obituary.

[skip fox]

8. WOW. He refused the case!!

I was hoping he had some last bit f integrity. Didn't he work on the right side of gay union laws?

[oasis]

9. At 77, who needs the Trump stigma added to one's biography?

[YessirAtsaFact]

11. Agreed

[malaise]

12. He turned down the Con n/t