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Trump’s Lawyers Demand Special Counsel to Probe Russia Special Counsel

HeadlineDec 12, 2017

In Washington, lawyers for President Trump are pressing the Justice Department to appoint a second special counsel—one to investigate Robert Mueller, the special counsel probing alleged ties between President Trump’s campaign and Russia. Speaking with the website Axios on Monday, Trump’s personal attorney Jay Sekulow accused Mueller’s team of holding conflicts of interest, saying, “These new revelations require the appointment of a special counsel to investigate.”

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