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Trump will not hire two attorneys who had been considered for his special counsel legal team - ABC News

posted onMarch 27, 2018
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Article snippet: Special Counsel. Facing conflicts, Joe diGenova and his wife, Victoria Toensing, will not be joining the president's legal team, ABC News confirms. In a statement to ABC News, Trump's attorney, Jay Sekulow, says, “The President is disappointed that conflicts prevent Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing from joining the President's Special Counsel legal team. However, those conflicts do not prevent them from assisting the President in other legal matters. The President looks forward to working with them.“ Last week, reports surfaced that the president was having difficulties finding lawyers to represent him and join his legal team amid the ongoing investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. It was just four days ago that the president's top attorney, John Dowd -- the man who was negotiating a potential interview with Mueller -- quit. Last week, when asked if he would sit down for an interview with Mueller, Trump said, "Sure I would like to. I would like to." Now, Sekulow remains the only attorney on the team helping the president navigate the special counsel investigation. Ty Cobb remains the in-house White House lawyer handling issues related the presidency. On Sunday morning, the president tried to squelch reports that he was having trouble finding representation as the Russia inquiry advances. The president tweeted yet again he is, in fact, happy with his legal team. "Many lawyers and top law firms want to represent me in the ... Link to the full article to read more

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