Donald Trump and his team hired an army of lawyers for Russia investigation. Who made the list?

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Source: usaToday


Published 5:55 a.m. ET June 28, 2017 | Updated 10 hours ago


WASHINGTON — They are attack dogs and upper-crust white shoes. None of them shrink from a fight. And their ranks are growing by the day.

Since Robert Mueller was named special counsel to head the Justice Department's widening Russia investigation, President Trump and his administration began a hiring blitz of personal lawyers to shield them from possible exposure – as witnesses or subjects.

As the probe continues into links between Trump's campaign and Russians who sought to influence the election by hacking Democrats, the president himself has assembled at least four outside attorneys, led by his longtime counsel Marc Kasowitz, who has represented Trump for 15 years on a range of private business matters.

Known as Trump's go-to guy, Kasowitz's unstinting defense of the real estate mogul-turned-president perhaps best reflects Trump's own combative style. Like Trump, Kasowitz's official biography attached to the New York firm bearing his name is chock-full of superlatives, acclaiming him as "the toughest lawyer on Wall Street" and an "uber-litigator." .........................



On Monday, Jamie Gorelick, a former deputy attorney general from the Clinton administration who is representing White House adviser Jared Kushner, announced the addition of legal heavyweight Abbe Lowell to assist Trump's son-in-law..............

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