M.N.: I support this idea of investigating the FBI and the DOJ. The more investigations the better: the more you know the better it is, and eventually you start to sleep better, not worse.Ā
Today, December 12th 12:11
One of President Trump’s personal lawyers called Tuesday for a special counsel to investigate alleged corruptionĀ at the FBI and Justice Department.
Jay Sekulow, a member of the legal team counseling Trump on special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s wide-ranging Russia probe, said Tuesday that a second special counsel should be appointed to focus on FBI and Justice Department investigators.
Sekulow’sĀ call for a second special counsel was first reported Tuesday morning byĀ Axios.
SekulowĀ did not allege wrongdoing on the part of Mueller or his team, telling The Washington Post that his call for a second special counsel has ānothing to do with Bob Mueller.ā
But SekulowĀ argued that alleged conflicts of interest among FBI and Justice Department officials demand a full investigation by a special counsel. He singled outĀ a Fox News reportĀ last week that Bruce G. Ohr, a senior Justice Department official, was demoted amid an investigation of his contacts with Fusion GPS, the opposition research firm that commissioned a salacious dossier documenting Trump’s ties to Russia.
āThis is the kind of situation that, in my view, warrants a special counsel,ā Sekulow said.
Asked whether he was speaking on Trump’s behalf or whether the president agrees with having aĀ second special counsel, Sekulow would not answer. He said he does not speak publicly about his conversations with the president.
āWeāre just the presidentās private lawyers,ā Sekulow said.
Sekulow works alongside John M. Dowd, another private attorney for the president, and in close collaboration with Ty Cobb, a White House lawyer who handles the Russia portfolio.
Sekulow’sĀ call for a second special counsel was first reported Tuesday morning byĀ Axios.
SekulowĀ did not allege wrongdoing on the part of Mueller or his team, telling The Washington Post that his call for a second special counsel has ānothing to do with Bob Mueller.ā
But SekulowĀ argued that alleged conflicts of interest among FBI and Justice Department officials demand a full investigation by a special counsel. He singled outĀ a Fox News reportĀ last week that Bruce G. Ohr, a senior Justice Department official, was demoted amid an investigation of his contacts with Fusion GPS, the opposition research firm that commissioned a salacious dossier documenting Trump’s ties to Russia.
āThis is the kind of situation that, in my view, warrants a special counsel,ā Sekulow said.
Asked whether he was speaking on Trump’s behalf or whether the president agrees with having aĀ second special counsel, Sekulow would not answer. He said he does not speak publicly about his conversations with the president.
āWeāre just the presidentās private lawyers,ā Sekulow said.
Sekulow works alongside John M. Dowd, another private attorney for the president, and in close collaboration with Ty Cobb, a White House lawyer who handles the Russia portfolio.