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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's personal attorneys remain largely on the sidelines as he contends with impeachment
Trump enters a perilous phase of the impeachment inquiry with very limited help from his personal lawyers, who remain largely on the sidelines and in the dark about evidence at the heart of the probe gathered by the White House, according to two people familiar with the situation.
As the House begins discussing specific articles of impeachment, the president is relying almost exclusively on White House Counsel Pat Cipollone and his in-house team of attorneys, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation.
In the face of allegations that Trump abused his office for political gain, the White House lawyers are not sharing with his personal attorneys some internal government records central to the inquiry about the pressure the administration put on Ukraine, citing the need to protect executive privilege.
The unusual decision to have the White House counsel captain the presidents defense at least for now departs from how previous presidents have contended with impeachment proceedings and has worried some Trump allies, who believe a multipronged defense would be stronger.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-personal-attorneys-remain-largely-on-the-sidelines-as-the-president-contends-with-impeachment-inquiry/2019/12/03/1076807c-150d-11ea-8406-df3c54b3253e_story.html?wpisrc=al_news__alert-politics--alert-national&wpmk=1
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)since that lawyer, a government employee, doesn't represent the president personally, but only the office of the presidency. During the Watergate hearings Nixon couldn't claim attorney-client privilege as to John Dean, WH counsel at the time, because he wasn't Nixon's lawyer - he worked for the government, not Nixon.
C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)Image making is quickly descending into crisis management.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)under Subpoena? If so,would not he have to be Sworn before entering into any proceedings?