New White House policy: All Russia questions referred to lawyer

[riversedge]

Source: axios.com







In an off-camera briefing Wednesday, Sean Spicer announced a new White House policy on the Russia investigation: "All questions going forward on [Russia] will be referred to outside counsel Marc Kasowitz." This new policy comes the same day James Comey agreed to testify publicly before the Senate Intel Committee as early as next week. Other highlights:

Spicer hedged on the Paris climate deal decision: "I think the President's comments on this that he'll be making a decision in the next few days stand."
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Read more: https://www.axios.com/wh-referring-questions-on-russia-to-outside-counsel-2428211948.html

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Hope the WH leaks continue!

Link to tweet

[Dopers_Greed]

1. Imagine if Hillary had said

"All email questions moving forward will be referred to my lawyer"

[SunSeeker]

9. Exactly. nt

[karynnj]

13. Not the same thing and it is damning to Trump

Spicer is a WH employee who is supposed to give answers on the WH (President's) opinion on various issues. Just as the WH counsel should not deal with Trump, Kushner etc legal problems, Spicer should not run interference giving answers on Trump's personal legal matters.

As it was, by and large, Clinton's spokespeople did answer questions -- not the State Department spokesperson.

[FakeNoose]

2. That would be the lawyer Michael Cohen?

Who's currently under subpoena by Congress?

The same guy who stole money from clients and then weaseled out of it?

Oh yeah, that guy.

[Princess Turandot]

4. Actually, it's not Cohen...

Trump brought in one of his long term personal attorneys, Marc Kasowitz, to handle the Russian investigation matters. That's who was mentioned in the tweet.

[sandensea]

12. And of course the truck has the word Excellence emblazoned in the back.

Very good metaphor for the Trump regime.

[underpants]

3. Do the questions have to be IN Russian?

or did he mean questions about Russia?

[NewJeffCT]

5. if it's all "fake news"

why do questions need to go through a lawyer?

[They_Live]

7. The press needs to start asking

questions like this if they aren't already. Catch them in their lies, like Columbo.

[They_Live]

6. As if the "White" House was answering

any questions about anything anyway.

[mainstreetonce]

8. Are all questions about Donald Trump or Jared

questions about Russia?

If they want an answer about the security clearance,that is about America.

[Yonnie3]

10. Now we will get lawyer non-answers instead of spokesperson non-answers.

plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

the more things change, the more they stay the same

Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr 1849

[Marthe48]

11. Makes me so proud to be an American

totally <sarcastic>