Юридическая защита

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Второразрядный актер Scott Baio - один из немногих в Голливуде, кто поддержал Трампа и даже выступал по этому поводу на республиканском съезде. В телесериале "Arrested Development" он играл адвоката по имени Bob Loblaw (каламбурная игра слов).

Но, похоже, Трампу теперь понадобились более серьезные адвокаты.



Washington Post сообщает о ходе процесса "lawyering up":

President Trump is moving rapidly toward assembling outside counsel to help him navigate the investigations into his campaign and Russian interference in last year’s election, and in recent days he and his advisers have privately courted several prominent attorneys to join the effort. <...> That search process, in which Trump has been personally involved, is expected to yield a formal legal unit in the coming days, made up of lawyers from several firms who would work together to guide Trump as he responds both to the ongoing federal probe and the congressional investigations, the people said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-close-to-choosing-outside-counsel-for-russia-investigation/2017/05/22/8709f62e-3f22-11e7-9869-bac8b446820a_story.html



В качестве финалистов в конкурсе на роль адвокатской команды для защиты Трампа от возможных обвинений, связанных с российским скандалом, называют фирму Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, услугами которой Трамп пользуется с 2001 г. Oдин из партнеров, David Friedman, был назначен Трампом послом в Израиль. Среди других сотрудников фирмы - Джо Либерман, финалист на пост директора ФБР. Среди других крупных клиентов - Сбербанк.

Marc E. Kasowitz is representing OJSC Sberbank of Russia, which is accused in US federal court of conspiring with granite company executives — including Russia’s former minister of economy and trade — in what the plaintiffs say amounts to a “textbook case of Russian corporate raiding.”https://www.buzzfeed.com/anthonycormier/trumps-longtime-lawyer-is-defending-russias-biggest-bank

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Путь предательства

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Показания бывшего директора ЦРУ Джона Бреннана в Конгрессе не принесли новой информации, но подтвердили то, что было известно раннее. Характерным в разных смыслах был обмен с Треем Гауди, конгрессменом из Южной Каролины и бывшим прокурором, который прославился бесконечными расследованиями Хиллари Клинтон и Бенгази.

GOWDY: It’s a really simple question. Did evidence exist of collusion, coordination, conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russian state actors at the time you learned of 2016 efforts?
BRENNAN: I encountered and am aware of information and intelligence that revealed contacts and interactions between Russian officials and U.S. persons involved in the Trump campaign that I was concerned about because of known Russian efforts to suborn such individuals, and it raised questions in my mind about, again, whether or not the Russians were able to gain the cooperation of those individuals. I don’t know whether or not such collusion — and that’s your term — such collusion existed. I don’t know. But I know there was a sufficient basis of information and intelligence that required further investigation by the bureau to determine whether or not U.S. persons were actively conspiring and colluding with Russian officials.

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