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Jeff Sessions Hires Personal Lawyer Amid Widening Probe of Trump Ties to Russia

HeadlineJun 21, 2017

In news from Capitol Hill, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has become the latest member of Trump’s inner circle to hire a personal lawyer amid the ongoing investigations into the Trump administration’s ties to Russia. Vice President Mike Pence and Trump himself have also hired personal lawyers. On Tuesday, special counsel Robert Mueller met with members of the House Intelligence Committee to discuss a plan to ensure that their parallel investigations don’t conflict with one another. Also on Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told reporters Trump will make an announcement this week about whether the president taped any of his conversations with former FBI Director James Comey. Last month in a Twitter rant, Trump threatened Comey over the possibility of taped conversations, tweeting, “James Comey better hope that there are no 'tapes' of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!” Sean Spicer also said Tuesday that he hasn’t talked to Trump about whether the president believes that Russia interfered with the 2016 U.S. election, during the first on-camera White House press briefing in eight days. Meanwhile, in more news on Sean Spicer, unnamed officials say Spicer may be ousted as White House press secretary. The speculation comes only weeks after Trump’s communications director, Michael Dubke, resigned.

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