'Very foolish" if Ivanka and Junior think they're off the hook

BY JASON LE MIERE ON 2/26/19 AT 9:21 AM

Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump or anyone in Donald Trump’s orbit would be “very foolish” to think they are off the hook in the ongoing criminal probes surrounding the president, a former defense lawyer for Trump’s ex-campaign deputy chairman Rick Gates has said.

Trump’s children have expressed confidence that they will not be caught up in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign. Yet Gates is one of 34 individuals Mueller has either indicted or garnered guilty pleas from, including six former Trump advisers.

But with Democrats now having oversight and subpoena power in the House and separate criminal investigations underway in New York state, Mueller is not the only threat being posed. And Shanlon Wu, who previously represented Gates, said no one should be resting easy.

“If anyone in Trump world is breathing easy right now, I’d say they are very foolish,” Wu told Politico in a story published Tuesday. “Even if Mueller’s report were to appear and didn’t implicate the president, all these other criminal investigations will continue. That’s not going to be the magic bullet that solves everything. I’d be very concerned if I was a lawyer or a potential target in that world right now” ...

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