A beefed-up White House legal team is gearing up to prevent President Trump’s confidential discussions with top advisers from being disclosed to House Democratic investigators and revealed in the special counsel’s long-awaited report, setting the stage for a potential clash between the branches of government.

The strategy to strongly assert the president’s executive privilege on both fronts is being developed under newly arrived White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, who has hired 17 lawyers in recent weeks to help in the effort.

He is coordinating with White House lawyer Emmet Flood, who is leading the response to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report on his now-20-month-long investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 campaign. Flood is based in White House Counsel’s Office but reports directly to Trump.

Trump aides say White House lawyers are focused on preserving a legal protection routinely invoked by presidents of both parties.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-beefed-up-white-house-legal-team-prepares-aggressive-defense-of-trumps-executive-privilege-as-investigations-loom-large/2019/01/09/066b8618-1045-11e9-84fc-d58c33d6c8c7_story.html

House of Roberts

(5,200 posts)

16. Executive Privilege is useless if Mueller already has the evidence.

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Wed Jan 9, 2019, 10:36 PM

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Takket

(21,721 posts)

18. it is also useless if the crimes were committed before he was president

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Wed Jan 9, 2019, 10:40 PM

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keithbvadu2

(37,058 posts)

7. They already have Rudy G... What more could they need?

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Wed Jan 9, 2019, 10:07 PM

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nycbos

(6,044 posts)

8. I'm surprised.

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Wed Jan 9, 2019, 10:08 PM

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He has a record of not paying his lawyers

Grasswire2

(13,575 posts)

9. who is paying them?

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Wed Jan 9, 2019, 10:10 PM

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and do they have any kind of clearance?

dem4decades

(11,322 posts)

10. He won't comply with anything. Nor his kids either.

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Wed Jan 9, 2019, 10:10 PM

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tanyev

(42,688 posts)

11. They're allowed to hire during a shutdown?

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Wed Jan 9, 2019, 10:10 PM

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hatrack

(59,607 posts)

12. The finest law school grads of Liberty University and Ouachita Baptist, I'm sure!

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Wed Jan 9, 2019, 10:11 PM

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TomSlick

(11,150 posts)

19. I carry no brief for Liberty University but....

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Wed Jan 9, 2019, 11:08 PM

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Ouachita Baptist does not have a law school.

Some of the best lawyers I have known obtained their undergraduate degree from Ouachita. Its religion school is predictably conservative but the Ouachita liberal arts, science, and business schools are well respected in Arkansas.

Don't make assumptions about the institution based on the "Baptist" part. Ouachita and Liberty are very different institutions.

mwooldri

(10,303 posts)

13. And they're the best lawyers... believe me.... n/t

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Wed Jan 9, 2019, 10:13 PM

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manor321

(3,344 posts)

14. It's hilarious they didn't do this before

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Wed Jan 9, 2019, 10:14 PM

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GusBob

(7,286 posts)

15. Does lawyer client privelege cover treason?

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Wed Jan 9, 2019, 10:22 PM

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If one of these lawyers finds proof that the president of our country committed treason and covers it up, what does that make him?

Roland99

(53,342 posts)

17. All from the law firm of Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe

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Wed Jan 9, 2019, 10:38 PM

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Ferrets are Cool

(21,117 posts)

20. As so many have asked...Who is paying for this?

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Wed Jan 9, 2019, 11:28 PM

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Why the FUCK do I have to pay for this??

Mr. Ected

(9,675 posts)

21. It's almost unfathomable that it took Trump this long to attempt to raise a formidable defense

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Wed Jan 9, 2019, 11:37 PM

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In the end, it will have been his enormous insufferable ego that blinded him to his extraordinary vulnerability in this investigation.

Snooze you lose. Wall him up.

spanone

(135,951 posts)

22. who pays for that?

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Wed Jan 9, 2019, 11:47 PM

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