THESE LAWYERS SHOULD KNOW BETTER

…The two “not so bright” attorneys for President Trump

 

Trump’s “Clown Car” is alive and well!

 

Those top lawyers working for Donald Trump at the White House, you know, the ones currently running the show, they were not the first choices for their jobs.  Some very prominent and successful attorneys had turned down the opportunity to be associated with the then new president’s administration.  They must have known that working for the nations “Clown Car Administration” would not be a good move for them personally.

 

They were correct.

 

As it turns out, the truth in that statement became reality when the current administration’s “Clown Lawyers” broke all the rules regarding their client-lawyer privileges.  In addition, breaking the rules for not divulging important client information to the press in the middle of a federal investigation of the President of the United States.

 

As one national newspaper wrote, “It is every Washington reporter’s dream to sit down at a restaurant, overhear secret stuff and get a scoop, but it rarely happens.

However, everyone in this town is important enough to have secrets worth keeping.  And they know that secrets are not safely discussed on the Metro or in a Washington outdoor restaurant.”

 

This is especially true in the eateries located next door to a major DC newspaper.

 

Yes, the BLT Steak House Restaurant has now become very famous due to the president’s personal lawyer: Ty Cobb.  Cobb is the very recognizable lawyer with his well-known handle-bar mustache.  He and the White House attorney John Dowd, they both blew the lid off the president’s Russian investigation.

 

Together, these two had gone for what was a working lunch at BLT Steak, in Washington DC.  Yes, It’s close to the White House and that makes it very convenient.  It’s also only a 171 feet from the building that houses the Washington bureau of the New York Times.  BLT Steak is also just around the corner from the Washington Post.

 

BLT Steak restaurant is a normal haunt for many Washington news reporters, and on this day the two White House based lawyers decided to have their working lunch there, sitting outside in a beautiful Autumn Washington day. 

 

 

But as it turns out, The New York Times highly skilled investigative reporter, Ken Vogel, also decided to have lunch with a friend, sitting outside at BLT Steak. (Vogel was a former Politico reporter based in near-by Virginia.)  So, Vogel was already very familiar with BLT Steak.

 

Vogel immediately recognized Trump’s personal lawyer with his well-known mustache.  But he wasn’t sure who the other individual was.  And he was surprised to over-hear their loud conversation which included discussion about Jared Kushner, president Trump’s son-in-law, as well as other key info that should not have been discussed out in the open.

 

Even when Vogel and his friend had finished their lunch, Vogel decided to stay at his table alone and have a few more iced tea refills, and to continue listening to the lawyer’s conversation.  He also used his phone carefully to take a picture of the two lawyers, which later appeared in the Times and other news publications.

 

Vogel finally sent a text to his paper asking if anyone recognized the other person talking with Cobb?  He was texted back that it was the White House lawyer, John Dowd.

 

Here is a sample of what appeared the next day in the Times:

 

“Vogel overheard the lawyers talking about White House counsel Donald F. McGahn II and Jared Kushner, president Trump’s son-in-law, as well as the infamous Trump Tower meeting.

 

Mr. Cobb was heard talking about another White House lawyer he deemed “a McGahn spy” and saying Mr. McGahn already had a couple documents that Cobb seemed to suggest he wanted access to. He also mentioned a colleague whom he blamed for “some of those earlier White House leaks,” and who he said “tried to push Jared out …”

The White House Counsel’s Office is being very conservative with this stuff,” Mr. Cobb told Mr. Dowd. “Our view is we’re not hiding anything.” Referring to Mr. McGahn, he added, “He’s got a couple documents locked in a safe.”

 

… Mr. Cobb also discussed the June 2016 Trump Tower Russian meeting, and the White House’s response to it, saying that “there was no perception that there was an exchange.”

Vogel took their picture and tweeted it.

 

To understand what all this means, later there was an article with this headline that explains it all in one statement, “Trump Lawyers Clash Over How Much to Cooperate With Russia Inquiry.”

 

According to the Times, this breach of confidential info did not sit well with White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, (Yeah think?).  After being contacted by the Times, Kelly “privately erupted at Mr. Cobb.” It is not known whether he also erupted at attorney Dowd.

 

Trump and his aides have complained bitterly for weeks about leaks, including major leaks from the White House.

But who needs to worry about White House leaks, when having lunch reservations at a local reporter's haunt for the president’s lawyers works out just fine….?

 

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