Trump to Hire Lawyer Who Has Pushed Theory That Justice Dept. Framed the President

The New York Times ^ | March 19, 2018 | MAGGIE HABERMAN and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT

[monkapotamus]

MANCHESTER, N.H. — President Trump has decided to hire the longtime Washington lawyer Joseph E. diGenova, who has pushed the theory on television that Mr. Trump was framed by F.B.I. and Justice Department officials, to bolster his legal team, according to three people told of the decision.

Mr. diGenova is not expected to take a lead role but will instead serve as a more aggressive player on the president’s legal team. Mr. Trump broke over the weekend from the longstanding advice of some of his lawyers that he refrain from directly attacking the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, a sign of his growing unease with the investigation...

There was a brazen plot to illegally exonerate Hillary Clinton and, if she didn’t win the election, to then frame Donald Trump with a falsely created crime,” he said on Fox News in January. He added, “Make no mistake about it: A group of F.B.I. and D.O.J. people were trying to frame Donald Trump of a falsely created crime.”

[WayneS]

Okay.

[Jim W N]

Who are Trump’s lawyers? I’m not impressed.

[Freemeorkillme]

Winning?

[editor-surveyor]

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“Theory?”

Is that akin to the “theory” that the sun shows first in the East?
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[Old Teufel Hunden]

I don’t like it. I wanted AG Sessions to hire DiGenova and Tuensing to head up the independent special prosecutor tasked with weeding out the deep state at Justice and FBI....

[Signalman]

DiGenova is a great choice.

[editor-surveyor]

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Silence of the lambs?
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[kempster]

Joe will be better than his current legal team. They are worthless.

[SmokingJoe]

President Trump has decided to hire the longtime Washington lawyer Joseph E. diGenova, who has pushed the theory on television that Mr. Trump was framed by F.B.I. and Justice Department officials,

All true. What is the problem here?

[Sacajaweau]

Oh my....I listened to a video by Joe the other day. He’s got everything and everyone nailed down....so glad to see this move.

[Hotlanta Mike]

#Fakenews on a slow news day...

[newnhdad]

He has other plans in mind for Joe D.. This guy is great..

[TruthFactor]

Trump to Hire Lawyer Who Has Pushed Theory That Justice Dept. Framed the President -AKA, The Truth

[Col Frank Slade]

Joe is a shark.

[WayneS]

My first thought on seeing the headline was: “Do they expect him to hire a lawyer who thinks he’s a criminal?”

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Whenever the Drive-By Media prints an unsourced rumor that is slanderous to Trump, it is presented as fact.

Any thing contrary is reported as a “theory.”

[Chaguito]

The Times’ Habermann just can’t help herself. Each line a comma separating the fact and the snarky interpretation.

[hoosiermama]

Yes

[mass55th]

"DiGenova is a great choice."

Absolutely. I was thoroughly impressed with their analysis during the Clinton scandals. Another person I thought did excellent work was David Schippers.