Federal Government

‘Hugely wealthy man’ on Pennsylvania Avenue seeks lead lawyer; read the spoof ad for Trump

If you are a Gregory Peck-type lawyer with prior Fox News experience, a “difficult client” who lives on Pennsylvania Avenue is looking to hire. That’s the message in a fake job ad posted on Craiglist getting noticed by several publications, including the Huffington Post and USA Today. The ad reads:…

Mar 28, 2018 10:17 AM CDT

New judicial litmus test, used to select Gorsuch, aims to shrink the ‘administrative state’

Past Republican administrations have employed an unspoken litmus test on judicial picks. The judges had to be anti-abortion or they had to have conservative views on social issues. But the Trump administration has a new litmus test: whether the judges will help tame the “administrative state,” the New York Times…

Mar 28, 2018 7:00 AM CDT

2 Winston lawyers turn down chance to join Trump’s legal team, while Olson comments on ‘chaos’

Two lawyers with Winston & Strawn turned down an offer to represent President Donald Trump because of conflicts, they said in a statement. The lawyers are Dan Webb and Tom Buchanan, report the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times and the Daily Beast. The lawyers said they “consider…

Mar 27, 2018 8:54 AM CDT

Trump’s lawyer defamed me, Stormy Daniels alleges in amended suit

Adult film star Stormy Daniels has amended her lawsuit to add a defamation claim against President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen. The defamation claim was added Monday, the day after 60 Minutes aired its interview with Daniels, report the Wall Street Journal, the Hill, Politico and the Washington Post. Daniels’…

Mar 27, 2018 8:00 AM CDT

US refuses to identify experts consulted on transgender troop ban, seeks lifting of injunctions

A day before Donald Trump approved new limits on transgender troops, the U.S. Justice Department said it would not identify generals and military experts the president consulted before his first ban on transgender people in the military. DOJ lawyers told a federal judge in Seattle that the government will not…

Mar 26, 2018 12:53 PM CDT

Trump says many top law firms want to represent him after diGenova about-face

President Donald Trump has just one full-time personal lawyer representing him in the Russia investigation after John Dowd quit the legal team last week and an announcement was made that Joseph diGenova won’t be representing the president after all. Trump is personally represented full-time by Jay Sekulow, a litigator for…

Mar 26, 2018 9:10 AM CDT

White House counsel Don McGahn would like to resign later this year, sources say

White House counsel Don McGahn is said to be mulling a resignation later this year.

Mar 23, 2018 10:56 AM CDT

House committee found ‘ill-advised’ WikiLeaks contacts but no collusion, GOP report says

Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee said in a summary report released Thursday that some aides to Donald Trump’s campaign made “ill-advised” contacts with WikiLeaks, but there was no evidence of collusion with Russia. On a party-lines vote, the committee voted to end its investigation and to move to declassify…

Mar 22, 2018 1:05 PM CDT

Trump lawyer John Dowd resigns; legal team will continue to cooperate in Russia probe

John Dowd has resigned from the legal team for President Donald Trump in the special counsel’s investigation of Russian influence.

Mar 22, 2018 10:33 AM CDT

Constitution signature campaign is designed to send a message to Trump

A progressive group calling itself the Shadow Cabinet is inviting like-minded individuals to send a message to President Donald Trump by adding their signature to an online Constitution.

Mar 21, 2018 3:59 PM CDT

Judge rules former ‘Apprentice’ contestant’s suit against Trump can proceed while he is president

President Donald Trump is not immune from a state court lawsuit alleging he defamed a former contestant on The Apprentice by denying her allegations of unwanted kissing and groping, a New York judge has ruled. Judge Jennifer Schechter allowed the suit by Summer Zervos in a decision on Tuesday, report…

Mar 20, 2018 3:20 PM CDT

Is Trump’s legal team ‘poised for a shakeup’? Ted Olson turned down representation, partner tweets

Theodore Olson won’t be joining the legal team of President Donald Trump, according to a partner at Olson’s firm, Gibson Dunn. Ted Boutros said in a tweet posted in response to a Washington Post report that Olson will not represent Trump. Anonymous sources told the Post that Olson was asked…

Mar 20, 2018 1:10 PM CDT

Lawyer who has spoken of ‘brazen plot’ to frame Trump joins the president’s legal team

A former U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., who has claimed that a group within the FBI and Justice Department wanted to frame Donald Trump if he won the election, has been hired by the president.

Mar 19, 2018 2:16 PM CDT

Stormy Daniels could have to pay at least $20M in liquidated damages, Trump lawyer tells court

Stormy Daniels has violated a confidentiality agreement at least 20 times, requiring her to pay possible liquidated damages of at least $20 million, according to a court document filed on Friday. The figure was included to show the amount in controversy in a notice of removal that moves Daniels’ state…

Mar 19, 2018 12:02 PM CDT

Trump continues criticism by tweet after Cobb says president isn’t considering firing Mueller

Donald Trump continued his Twitter criticism of the special counsel investigation as a “witch hunt” on Monday, one day after White House lawyer Ty Cobb said the president isn’t considering firing Robert Mueller. “In response to media speculation and related questions being posed to the administration, the White House yet…

Mar 19, 2018 9:03 AM CDT