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Posted On: 08/30/2018 8:51:59 PM
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The White House is scrambling to bolster its legal resources amid fears Donald Trump has failed to appreciate the potential peril he faces if Democrats retake control of the House and trigger impeachment proceedings. One supporter said officials feared that “winter is coming”.
With Mr Trump announcing this week that White House counsel Don McGahn will leave once the Senate confirms Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, reports suggest the outgoing lawyer wants Emmet Flood to replace him. Mr Flood who worked previously for George W Bush, and, crucially, for Bill Clinton during his 1998 impeachment hearings, was hired by the White House this spring.
Mr Trump’s lead lawyer, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani told Time that Mr Flood would be a good choice and the two men had an excellent relationship. “From the very beginning they sort of hit it off,” he said.
Trump’s ethics lawyer ‘to leave White House today’
But reports suggest that Mr Trump is failing to adequately prepare a legal war room ahead of several months that could bring very bad news for him. The president, both in public and reportedly in private, believes that special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into alleged collusion with Russia will clear him.
While Mr Trump and his allies have been very active in leading a pre-emptive public relations battle against Mr Mueller, calling the process a “witch hunt” and saying the system is rigged, some of aides say they fear he has no strategy if Mr Mueller were to deliver a finding that somehow faulted the president.
Reports suggest Mr Trump is also not preparing adequately for the possibility that the Republicans could lose control of the house in the November midterms, something that could see impeachment proceedings start against him. While Mr Trump’s nationwide approval rating is relatively high compared to other stages of his presidency – Rasmussen Reports recently put his national approval rating at 46, with 53 disapproving – most analysts believe the Democrats are more likely to seize control of the house than Republican are to hold it.
With Mr Trump announcing this week that White House counsel Don McGahn will leave once the Senate confirms Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, reports suggest the outgoing lawyer wants Emmet Flood to replace him. Mr Flood who worked previously for George W Bush, and, crucially, for Bill Clinton during his 1998 impeachment hearings, was hired by the White House this spring.
Mr Trump’s lead lawyer, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani told Time that Mr Flood would be a good choice and the two men had an excellent relationship. “From the very beginning they sort of hit it off,” he said.
Trump’s ethics lawyer ‘to leave White House today’
But reports suggest that Mr Trump is failing to adequately prepare a legal war room ahead of several months that could bring very bad news for him. The president, both in public and reportedly in private, believes that special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into alleged collusion with Russia will clear him.
While Mr Trump and his allies have been very active in leading a pre-emptive public relations battle against Mr Mueller, calling the process a “witch hunt” and saying the system is rigged, some of aides say they fear he has no strategy if Mr Mueller were to deliver a finding that somehow faulted the president.
Reports suggest Mr Trump is also not preparing adequately for the possibility that the Republicans could lose control of the house in the November midterms, something that could see impeachment proceedings start against him. While Mr Trump’s nationwide approval rating is relatively high compared to other stages of his presidency – Rasmussen Reports recently put his national approval rating at 46, with 53 disapproving – most analysts believe the Democrats are more likely to seize control of the house than Republican are to hold it.
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