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- President Donald Trump is having trouble hiring new lawyers to represent him in the Russia probe, and experts say it’s largely because Trump rarely follows anyone’s advice and favors confrontational personalities.
- Trump has “shown that he can turn on his staff and lawyers at any moment,” said one former federal prosecutor. “It is hard to have confidence that you could represent Trump effectively under those circumstances.”
- Trump said over the weekend that “many lawyers and top law firms” want to represent him, and not to believe the “fake news narrative that it is hard to find a lawyer who wants to take this on.”
President Donald Trump is having a tough time finding new lawyers to represent him in the ongoing Russia investigation, and it may be because of his own doing.
The turmoil started when Trump lost his top defense attorney last week. A source familiar with the matter told Business Insider that the lawyer, John Dowd, resigned in part because he was frustrated that Trump was not following his advice in declining an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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