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White House Aides Face Daunting Legal Bills

May 24, 2017

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Trump administration staffers have started reaching out to lawyers to see if, and how, they can get personal legal representation in the wake of the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 campaign. “I do think people should be lawyering up,” former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg told Politico. “Just being on the campaign trail with [former National Security Advisor, General Michael] Flynn you have to lawyer up. The FBI doing its due diligence has to ask you about the contact and what he said to you.” Trump is looking into forming his own outside legal team, but aides facing subpoenas and grand jury summons are in unfamiliar territory. “It can cost a lot of money,” said Pete Wehner, a former George W. Bush aide who was called in to a grand jury investigating the leak of CIA agent Valerie Plame’s identity. Conflict of interest restrictions in many cases limit White House staffers from accepting free or discounted attorney advice. But aides may file for public subsidies, or ask friends for pro bono help. “Obviously for the people who have a lot of money and assets, some of these high-ups, it’s not a problem,” said Stanley Brand, a white-collar attorney, told Politico. “It’s a problem for the lower downs who don’t.”

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