John Yoo: At last! Trump finally assembles a top legal team to deal with Mueller probe
Get that? At last! FINALLY a good legal team! Donald Trump will not longer be held back by timidity and incompetence. Doud himself was not going quietly, warning that diGenova had potential conflicts of interest:
The Hill wrote:But concerns have arisen about potential conflicts of interest for both diGenova and his wife and law partner, Victoria Toensing, who was also under consideration to join the team, according to CNN. One source told the news network that no one had officially been hired.
The potential conflicts were flagged to Trump's legal team by Dowd before he resigned, CNN reported
So perhaps sour grapes on Friday, but it was a hearty wine by Sunday:
New York Times wrote:President Trump has decided not to hire two lawyers who were announced last week as new additions to his legal team, leaving him with a shrinking stable of lawyers as the investigation by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, enters an intense phase.
“The president is disappointed that conflicts prevent Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing from joining the president’s special counsel legal team,” Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer, Jay Sekulow, said in a statement on Sunday morning. “However, those conflicts do not prevent them from assisting the president in other legal matters. The president looks forward to working with them.”
So Trump brings two lawyers on board who quite possibly helped precipitate John Dowd's decision to leave, despite Dowd's caution about a conflict of interest. Trump hires them anyway. Dowd leaves. A conflict of interest in confirmed. DiGenova and his wife both leave.
Anyone believe that there is a lot of all-star legal talent that still wants to work with Donald Trump?