Posted on 06/06/2016 5:37:33 PM PDT by Sleeping Freeper
Four central figures in the FBI’s criminal investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email practices are all using the same lawyer, a move described as a “red flag” by a former U.S. attorney who now runs a government watchdog group.
Lawyer Beth Wilkinson is representing: Clinton former chief of staff Cheryl Mills; policy adviser Jake Sullivan; media gatekeeper Philippe Reines; and former aide Heather Samuelson, who helped decide which Clinton emails were destroyed before turning over the remaining 30,000 records to the State Department.
"I think it would be a real red flag," Matthew Whitaker, executive director of the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, or FACT, told Fox News, in reference to the legal defense. He suggested having a single lawyer would help the four Clinton aides align their stories for FBI interviews.
"The benefit is to have one lawyer’s brain have all the knowledge of the various pieces and parts, and so each of those potential targets or subjects of the investigation get to share information across that same attorney -- and quite frankly get their story to sync up and understand what other people know of the situation,” he said.
Wilkinson is a well-respected Washington, D.C., attorney who successfully argued in favor of the death penalty for Timothy McVeigh in the Oklahoma City bombing case. Wilkinson has deep ties in Washington and is married to former NBC “Meet the Press” host David Gregory, who is now a regular political commentator on CNN.
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All of the clients have to sign waivers of conflicts of interest and the waiver requires full advisement of the conflicts. The attorney has to keep them aprised of potential conflicts as they arise. It’s not per se illegal or unethical, but with four defendants its an ethical minefield that I’d never walk into. But the fee from Hillary must be enormous. Enough to set up Wilkinson for life if she never has another client.
Yep...Note that Huma has her own attorney.
Thank you. I forgot they haven’t been indicted yet, and these are just depositions prior to........
Still, it seems a motion should be able to be filed during deposition phase......but then, duh- I’m not an attorney!
They have the same lawyer for the same reason Hillary used a private server.
Hillary has control.
Arguing for the death penalty for Timothy McVeigh is like arguing for mosquito spray in a jungle. EASY!!!
After you kill over 100 people, including many children, it is hard NOT TO ARGUE for the death penalty.
Oh, yes, absolutely--I guess I just take that for granted and didn't even think about informing the poster who asked the question. I'd never walk into it either, but with these people, nothing surprises me. If there IS an indictment however, then I'd say she's definitely out and they will have to get some high powered white collar criminal defense attorneys. Totally agree with you, however--minefield city and I'd run like hell from that.
Govt exists for itself and is only accountable when politically convenient. We have a govt by twats and for twats.
Wow. The collusion in Washington against the people is astounding. They have nothing but contempt for the people, and they more than deserve ours.
Crooked Hillary proves why the name fits - again and again and again and.......
Brian Pagliano has his own counsel, as well.
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