Адвокаты за работой

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Wall Street Journal рассказывает о том, что в июне адвокаты Трампа, нанятые для борьбы с Рашагейтом, советовали отправить Кушнера в отставку, от греха подальше.

Some of President Donald Trump’s lawyers earlier this summer concluded that Jared Kushner should step down as senior White House adviser because of possible legal complications related to a probe of Russia’s involvement in the 2016 presidential election and aired concerns about him to the president, people familiar with the matter said.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/some-trump-lawyers-wanted-kushner-out-1505175772

Своими адвокатами ныне обзовелись почти все работники администрации. Среди последних - Хоуп Хикс, близкая сотрудница и пресс-секретарь Трампа, ныне директор коммуникаций.

White House communications director Hope Hicks has retained a personal attorney, as the special counsel's investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia is expected to heat up this fall.
Hicks, 28, has hired Robert Trout, a highly regarded attorney and founder of the firm Trout Cacheris & Janis, according to multiple sources familiar with the hire. Trout is a veteran of the Justice Department. He is also a former assistant U.S. attorney in Baltimore.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/08/hope-hicks-white-house-lawyer-russia-trump-242519



Ринс Прибус и Дон Макган почему-то решили нанять одного адвоката на двоих.

Former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and White House Counsel Donald McGahn have hired Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner William Burck to advise them in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, Law360 has learned. McGahn and Priebus have both recently hired Burck, the co-chair of Quinn Emanuel’s white collar practice, according to a person familiar with the hiring, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive White House discussions.
https://www.law360.com/articles/937051/exclusive-priebus-mcgahn-hire-quinn-emanuel-in-mueller-probe

Поводом для этой адвокатской активности считается расследование Мюллером обстоятельств попыток помешать правосудию, но у расследования могут быть и другие цели.



Между тем в Чикаго адвокаты Дмитрия Фирташа продолжают отчаянные попытки помешать его экстрадиции из Австрии.

His lawyer, former U.S. Attorney Dan Webb, on Monday told U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer that Firtash has never been to the U.S., and the crimes of which he is accused all happened in India and had no impact on the U.S.
Webb said he feared Firtash's extradition is imminent, and urged Pallmeyer to throw out the case before Firtash can be put on a Chicago-bound plane.
But prosecutor Amarjeet Bhachu told the judge that the wiretapped conversations linked Firtash to Chicago, and that a bribery scheme also used U.S. banks and cellphones.
He warned the judge that if she ruled against Firtash before he is in U.S. custody, he may "hop on a private plane and head over to Moscow, or to some other country where we can't extradite him."
In a joke about Firtash's enormous wealth (he posted a $174 million bond in Austria), Bhachu added, "We will pay for his travel here."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-dmitry-firtash-inc-20170911-story,amp.html