WH 'Staff Shakeup' All About Managing Trump and the Russian Investigation

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Chaos Agent Garland? @ericgarland 26m26 minutes ago
WSJ: Trump pushing for shake up in senior team, changing out advisors for crack team of defense attorneys. 😂😂😂


WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is actively discussing major changes in the White House, including having lawyers vet his tweets and shaking up his top staff, as he grapples with the fallout from probes into his campaign’s dealings with Russia, according to several senior administration officials and outside advisers.

Other revisions on the table include adding a roster of outside lawyers to help deal with the legal ramifications of the Russia investigation, officials and allies said. “Everything is in play,” one Trump adviser said.


One major change under consideration would see the president’s social media posts vetted by a team of lawyers, who would decide if any needed to be adjusted or curtailed. The idea, said one of Mr. Trump’s advisers, is to create a system so that tweets “don’t go from the president’s mind out to the universe.”

Mr. Trump is set to speak to several teams of high-powered attorneys to add to a roster of outside counsel around Marc Kasowitz, who will be helping coordinate the legal response, advisers say. The White House is also expected to hire several lawyers who will focus on the investigation in the legal office run by Don McGahn, White House counsel. Some senior administration officials said they are considering hiring their own private attorneys.

White House officials said the president may also bring back a trio of former campaign officials: Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie, to handle communications and political duties related to the investigation, and David Urban, for a senior White House job.


read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-eyeing-white-house-shakeup-1495831679

[Tanuki]

1. Will these new staffers, who serve no purpose besides covering up #TrumpRussia,

be paid by our tax money?

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2. good question

...I assume they want to put some firewalls between the president's legal troubles and his official duties, so I guess he's responsible for the private lawyers.

I really don't see how he completely separates them from his tax-paid political operatives managing the same legal entanglements.

[AgadorSparticus]

4. My first thought too. This needs to come from his own dime.

[luvMIdog]

3. was any other president so stupid and uncontrolled they needed legal 'handlers' before speaking?

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10. Really

The WSJ report recounts these facts as if it's "Ho hum, no biggie, just a president so unhinged from the reality of his position that he needs a team of people to sit on him before he causes another international incident with his ill-considered comments."

[MedusaX]

5. All Tax dollars if vetting official presidential communications.

The only thing that he can't justify spending tax dollars on is his "personal" Lawyer but he will just use the 2020 campaign contributions for that....


The article indicated the 'Team of Lawyers' for the Russian issues would be under Don McGahn...,
So that will be taxpayer funded as well.

[Botany]

6. REARRANGING THE DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC

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7. "the presidents social media posts vetted"

That ain't happening. His ego is too great and he revels in operating with no filter. As it is, they already do that with the @POTUS account.

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8. seriously

...I think he'd blow his top having someone edit him, I dunno.

Looks like someone tried to get to him this morning, even though he managed to access his Twitter account again and looks unbridled.

Link to tweet

"It is my opinion"

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9. Exactly

As soon as I posted I checked and yup, he was up and tweeting this morning about "fake news"!