Two Lawyers Who Were Approached to Join Trump Legal Team Have Declined
Yesterday President Trump bragged that so many lawyers want to represent him in the Russia case:
Many lawyers and top law firms want to represent me in the Russia case…don’t believe the Fake News narrative that it is hard to find a lawyer who wants to take this on. Fame & fortune will NEVER be turned down by a lawyer, though some are conflicted. Problem is that a new……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 25, 2018
….lawyer or law firm will take months to get up to speed (if for no other reason than they can bill more), which is unfair to our great country – and I am very happy with my existing team. Besides, there was NO COLLUSION with Russia, except by Crooked Hillary and the Dems!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 25, 2018
But it turns out that two more lawyers approached to be on the President’s legal team have declined.
The Daily Beast is exclusively reporting tonight that attorneys Dan Webb and Tom Buchanan have turned down the chance to be part of the team:
“President Trump reached out to Dan Webb and Tom Buchanan to provide legal representation,” they said in a statement. “They were unable to take on the representation due to business conflicts. However they consider the opportunity to represent the President to be the highest honor and they sincerely regret that they cannot do so. They wish the president the best and believe he has excellent representation in Ty Cobb and Jay Sekulow.”
John Dowd recently left the Trump legal team, following Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing being brought in. But then yesterday Jay Sekulow said diGenova and Toensing aren’t joining after all.
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