and the money quote:
Veteran Washington attorney W. Neil Eggleston, who served in the Clinton administration, was named Monday as the White Houses top lawyer.
Otto states, “W. Neil Eggleston makes his living defending politicians against criminal charges and going up against congressional investigations.” And he concludes, “Which begs the question: Exactly what is Barack Hussein Obama so worried about? Which investigation or accusation does he believe is powerful enough to bring down his Presidency? It has to be something serious for the President to hire the top political criminal defense attorney as the White House Chief Counsel “
While discussing White House scandals, Otto adds, “not only has Barrack Obama broken the law, but he is also attempting to cover it up.”
WASHINGTON President Obama announced Monday that he was naming W. Neil Eggleston, a veteran lawyer with extensive experience representing government officials in congressional and criminal investigations, as his next White House counsel.
In choosing a veteran of Washingtons recurring oversight wars, the White House may be signaling that it expects the final two years of Mr. Obamas presidency to be defined by politically charged hearings, demands for information by Republicans in Congress and legal battles over the scope and limits of executive authority.
Mr. Eggleston has also represented businesspeople in complex criminal investigations. Among other things, he was a counsel for Enrons outside directors.
After working in the White House early in the Clinton administration, Mr. Eggleston entered the private sector.
He represented Federico Peña, then the Clinton administrations transportation secretary, and later Alexis M. Herman, then its labor secretary, during corruption investigations that ended without any charges being filed.
And in 2001, Mr. Eggleston represented Cheryl D. Mills, a board member of the Clinton presidential library foundation, during a congressional investigation into President Bill Clintons last-minute pardon of the fugitive financier Marc Rich, whose former wife had donated to the foundation.