Newsweek flags: Christopher Wray's law firm advises Trump's trust, which holds his business assets

[HAB911]

http://www.newsweek.com/fbi-director-search-john-pistole-christopher-wray-donald-trump-jared-kushner-617861

Link to tweet

[Chasstev365]

1. Conflicts don't apply to King Donald

[Raven]

2. Do you think Wray was told to accept the appointment or

all the Trump business would be pulled from his law firm?

[Zoonart]

3. The only people who will agree to work for him now...

are cronies who are already bound up with him. I don't see how this guy gets confirmed. Just another fox in the hen house.

[dlk]

4. One Hand Washes the Other...

[Solly Mack]

5. Figures.

It also figures that nothing will be done about the conflict of interest this causes.

No investigations from someone who will want to go back to his old job one day. Just another lackey who will protect assets instead of the people.

[oasis]

6. Chris Christie's "Bridgegate" lawyer.

the company you keep.

[octoberlib]

7. He'll keep Trump in the loop just like he did with Ashcroft.

Finally and probably most importantly, also while AAG DOJ in the early days of the Plame investigation, Wray provided inappropriate briefings to John Ashcroft about what Ashcroft’s buddies had said during FBI interviews.



This is what led to Ashcroft’s recusal and the appointment, by Deputy Attorney General Jim Comey, of Patrick Fitzgerald as special counsel.

In short, it seems Wray is likely to ensure that highers up never see any consequences for their actions. And he sure seems likely to keep Trump in the loop on the investigation of Trump.


https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/06/07/trump-fbi-nominee-christopher-wray-gave-inappropriate-briefings-to-john-ashcroft-during-plame-investigation/

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029170290

[WinkyDink]

12. And the appt of Patrick Fitzgerald led to nowhere.

[Baitball Blogger]

8. HA-HA I love it!

Let's bring the lawyers' bad practices into this cesspool we're investigating. You think this is uncommon? Lord no, it's not. Conflicts of interest abound in American society, and are getting worse because social networking IS replacing every safeguard that we once knew. The crossing over of the private and public sector was the beginning of the end.

Wake up, sleeping giant. Wake up.

[MedusaX]

9. Plus....Wray's Law firm reps ROSNEFT & Saudi Arabia

Sources:

http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/lobbying-hires/298975-saudi-arabia-hires-tenth-lobby-firm?amp



Tweet from @olgaNYC1211

Wtf!!! The New FBI Director Christopher Wray's Law Firm Last Year took on Rosneft as a client.. Remember Steele Dossier
‪#TrumpRussia‬

https://mobile.twitter.com/olgaNYC1211/status/872429168058912768


King & Spalding Notable Clients:

Rosneft, Oil India, Sakhalin Energy, Bashneft, Eco Energy World. 

https://www.chambersandpartners.com/180/24/editorial/7/1

[malaise]

10. Oh My

Worst President ever

[Kleveland]

11. Jeebus Freakin' Christmas....

I want to say; "Can this situation get any worse?"

Then sanity slaps me, and says "Oh yes, give it 15 minutes".

It has been said that it always gets darkest just before the dawn.

That does not make me feel any better, not at all.

[DK504]

13. Yeah, pretty much that sums it up.

That light you see at the end of the tunnel is actually a train barreling at you.

[HAB911]

14. Wray Is Partner at Law Firm Representing Russia's National Oil Company Rosneft

http://www.kslaw.com/imageserver/KSPublic/practice_areas/PAGS/RussiaEnergyKnowledge.pdf

[YCHDT]

15. SMGDH !!! This guy is a grifter from the get !!! lol... always and forever about him !!!

[progressoid]

16. Every goddamn day it's something new with this administration.

I'm going to go broke on booze and weed with this shit.