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Source: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/28/trump-mueller-levin-legal-240063

President Donald Trump’s lawyers approached Daniel Levin, a former chief of staff to special counsel Robert Mueller, to join the president’s personal legal team amid the growing probe into his campaign’s potential ties with Russia.

Levin, a Washington lawyer who worked for Mueller at the FBI, has spoken to members of Trump’s defense team on several occasions but has not officially signed on, according to people familiar with the talks. Whether he will sign on “remains up in the air,” one person said.

Levin declined to comment Wednesday. Mark Corallo, a spokesman for the president’s lead lawyer Marc Kasowitz, also declined to comment.

Trump has not been accused of any wrongdoing. But with investigators gearing up for a wide-ranging probe that may include questions of whether the president tried to obstruct justice by firing former FBI director James Comey in May, his lawyers are looking for counsel familiar with Mueller and how he runs investigations.

 

[SlipperyFishes]

Testing loyalty. That Orange motherfuck wants to try and dig up dirt to discredit the investigation.

 

[skullmuffins]

seems like a weird strategy from the people who think Mueller's working relationship with Comey is a conflict of interest

 

[Master Yoshi]

That 4D chess game!

 

[Greigor The Fellhand]

thats not sketchy, at all.

Theres nothing subtle about trump trumpians and trussians

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

This is actually honestly the first smart hire that Trump could possibly make.

Won't stop Mueller from finding whatever there is to be found, but a reasonable move

 

[Volimar]

Does no one connected to Trump understand how not to act with impropriety?