Trump Org Ties Aren’t Ethics Issue for House Aide, Experts Say

An attorney’s work for House Judiciary Committee Democrats investigating the Trump Organization likely doesn’t pose a conflict for his law firm, Kramer Levin, even though it’s done work for the real estate powerhouse, ethics experts say.

The Trump Organization is demanding that the panel stop investigating it because Barry H. Berke, a partner at the New York-based firm, is now a “consulting counsel” with the panel.

“This state of affairs violates recognized ethical obligations and irreparably taints the committee’s work,” Trump Organization attorney Alan S. Futerfas said in a letter to Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler of New York.

Democrats have ...