Reference the Monica Lewinsky affair (1998 NY Times):
Among those expected to be part of the White House defense team are Gregory B. Craig, a senior State Department official with extensive contacts in Congress, and Peter J. Kadzik, the private lawyer for John D. Podesta, White House deputy chief of staff. Several current and former members of Congress are also being enlisted to assist in the White House damage-control effort, which will be directed by Mr. Podesta and Lawrence Stein, the White House director of legislative affairs.
Tell me this guy isn’t going to run the Russia prosecution?