The White House may turn to an old legal standby for Beltway scandals amid pressure by special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
President Donald Trump is trying to hire Emmet T. Flood, the lawyer who represented former President Bill Clinton during the 1990s House impeachment hearings, The New York Times reported.
Reached via e-mail, Flood declined to comment on the Times’ story, published Saturday in which it cited four sources familiar with the matter.
The White House previously considered hiring Flood for the special counsel investigation last summer.
Following the Times’ ...
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