Just in from Jim Acosta at CNN:

[PearliePoo2]

"Former Trump campaign adviser Michael Caputo has been contacted by FBI in Russia probe and has hired his own attorney, a source confirms."

[Voltaire2]

1. The noose is slowly drawing tighter.

[imanamerican63]

5. It is Trump's own tie!

No noose need here!

[PearliePoo2]

2. Here's a link to his twitter page:

https://twitter.com/Acosta

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Lots of work for lawyers in D.C. these days...

[Cracklin Charlie]

15. Plumbers, too.

Many bricks being shat.

[Pachamama]

25. Keeping his promise to create new jobs

[BigmanPigman]

4. Yippee

[herding cats]

6. Yep, he hired Dennis Vacco to represent him.

I saw the FBI wants to interview him before he speaks to the House intel committee, too. I think that was from Katy Tur?

[nocalflea]

7. Michael Cohen ?

https://mobile.twitter.com/KatyTurNBC/status/875751904105639936

[herding cats]

10. Michael Caputo

Link to tweet

It's hard to keep them all straight I know.

[nocalflea]

12. Chain reaction.

The pied piper is calling.

[herding cats]

29. Exactly, and the rats are running for lawyers. nt

[PearliePoo2]

8. It seems anyone named Michael who's associated with BLOTUS is lawyering up!

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/338139-trumps-personal-lawyer-hires-attorney-report

"Tur also reported that Michael Caputo, a communications adviser brought on board the Trump campaign by Paul Manafort, has been contacted by the FBI. Caputo has also hired his own attorney — former New York state Attorney General Dennis Vacco.
Caputo was asked in May to testify before the House Intelligence Committee."

[SergeStorms]

37. Yowser......

Dennis Vacco is a heavy hitter! Caputo must be expecting some very heavy shit to be coming down, if he's bringing Vacco on board.

[Corvo Bianco]

9. Any defense attorneys in the house?

Would you represent somebody that you suspected of conspiring with Vladimir Putin to undermine the United States of America? Try to get them off? Collect your chunk of change from Putin's laundered (or is it not so well-laundered?) pocketbook?

I'm trying to make some snap judgments about the character of the 3rd circle of legal counsel.

[alcibiades_mystery]

11. Everybody is entitled to a strong defense

[Corvo Bianco]

13. I know I know.

I got frothy I apologize. I hope some day a strong defense becomes obtainable for all.

[erronis]

26. Excellent riposte. Money and power buy strong defenses, and sometimes judges.

It's only fair that the well-heeled are represented by public defenders just as are the less well-heeled. Otherwise we get the plutocracy represented by the ones that could afford Hahvahd, etc.

[Skittles]

33. Excellent recovery there, Corvo Bianco

Welcome to DU.

[eleny]

14. ...

[bucolic_frolic]

16. Go for the jugular!

This is where the rubber meets the road! Cheaters won!

[broadcaster90210]

17. All I got is ... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Nt

[calimary]

22. Welcome to DU, broadcaster90210!

Man, I just keep seeing this big long dominoes all set up, just waiting for the key piece to tip and fall against its neighbor...

[broadcaster90210]

41. Thanks!!! : )

[left-of-center2012]

18. They're all lawyering up

But did nothing wrong?

[Kleveland]

20. Very good point.

If they were all innocent (yeah, right) of any wrong doing, one would think that they would just let it all just roll off of their back,and let things proceed with any duress or conflicting statements.

Innocent people have no lies to maintain, and the truth is easy to tell.

Now, sure, innocent people have been wrongly accused and convicted in this country, but that concept really does not hold water with this crowd.

They would all look good in orange.

[paleotn]

19. The plot thickens.

[Botany]

21. And why did Trump's lawyer Cohen, take a trip to Prague to meet w/Russians?

Feb. 19, 2017

"The F.B.I. is reviewing an unverified dossier, compiled by a former British intelligence agent and funded by Mr. Trump’s political opponents, that claims Mr. Cohen met with a Russian representative in Prague during the presidential campaign to discuss Russia’s hacking of Democratic targets. But the Russian official named in the report told The New York Times that he had never met Mr. Cohen. Mr. Cohen insists that he has never visited Prague and that the dossier’s assertions are fabrications."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/us/politics/donald-trump-ukraine-russia.html?_r=0

[PearliePoo2]

27. Maybe to either pass/collect info or money with Russian counterparts?

It's been speculated that transactions were done on the tarmac onboard a private jet. People were paid off so no passport was looked at or stamped.
This guy makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up (like when you're about to get struck by lightning).
The first time I saw him, I immediately saw 'mob' written all over him. He's as dirty and sleazy as they get.

[Botany]

30. And the Russian "Fertilizer King" happened to be there too?

http://www.palmerreport.com/news/dmitry-rybolovlev-who-keeps-flying-in-to-meet-donald-trump-owns-russian-money-laundering-bank/1692/

[Mr.Bill]

23. I don't know what the results of this investigaton will be,

but one thing is certain. Dozens of lawyers will be able to retire on the money they make from it.

[underpants]

28. Yeah and no one is going to want to come anywhere near working for this WH

We all know he's drastically understaffed. That's not going to change and if anyone leaves (as they do) filling those spots will be tough.

[Achilleaze]

24. republican traitors to America are legion

the KGOP sucks, and must be brought to justice for the sake of the nation.

[procon]

31. He's another Trump staffer with close ties to Russia.

"Michael Caputo, a public relations adviser who helped run Trump’s New York primary campaign, lived in Russia in the 1990s, and Gazprom’s media arm contracted him to improve Putin’s image in the United States."

http://www.newsweek.com/2016/09/09/vladimir-putin-donald-trump-493946.html


Seriously, what are the odds that Trump didn't know there were so many people with Russian connections getting top positions in his campaign? Who hired all these guys, and why???

[Laura PourMeADrink]

34. exactly..what are the odds...that's what

This will come down to.. Money. But...they also have to tie to something illegal

[lindysalsagal]

39. I'm 100% sure this is ALL about money. fRump's money. And Jared's.

In order to be handling millions at a time, you have to risk millions at a time, and when you're borrowing from oligharchs from other countries, shit goes down and there's no cop on the beat, no judge, no oversight, so, more shit goes down, since we all know the fRumper's penchent for retribution....

This is mobster novel material, through and through. Promises are made, middlemen are paid, lies are told, bosses are notified, handlers go to work, yadda yadda yadda....

and there are now cameras everywhere, gps data, phone data, financial data....

and the best part???

The FBI is PISSED!!!!

This is going to be the zaniest true crime story of all time, and they won't be able to sweep it under the rug.

I expect a solid dozen in jail and a few bodies before it's all told.

[DesertRat]

32. Looking forward to president's personal attorney's attorney hiring an attorney.

Credit: Chris Hayes.

Link to tweet

[bellmartin]

42. I really think he should do that, just for the wow factor

It would forever be pointed to as an absurd example. It would be a guarantee of printing your name on a (small) part of history.

I mean, it's not like he's there for good reasons in the first place.

[trentwestcott]

35. Calm down

I know a little bit about how investigations work. Not a lot, but some. Lots of people are going to be contacted. Lot of people. A great many of them will hire attorneys. I want to see this entire house of cards come down too, I do, but if you start wheezing every time someone is contacted by the FBI you're going to drive yourself crazy. You're watching an iceberg melt, drop by drop. Take a break. Walk around outside. Talk to someone about something you enjoy. Maybe wait a week and come back and read a few headlines. This is going to go slow, you aren't going to miss anything if you take a break.

[Quixote1818]

36. Yep. nt

[Libertarian_4_life]

38. Take s break?

I don't think a week will cut it with the drip drip drip of this investigation. I just wish I could wake up one morning, flip on the news and finally see something concrete

[trentwestcott]

43. You can, you just have to NOT check the news for about a month, and then instead of reading

headlines that screech "BREAKING NEWS" you can read what facts have been uncovered and proven. You have to inhale 100 cubic liters of noxious BS just to get one little chunk of real information when you read everything that comes out every second of every day.

[58Sunliner]

40. I heard on MSNBC-LO-the lawyers have lawyered up!!