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Donald Trump’s once-transactional relationship with the conservative legal establishment has splintered in recent years, and his frustration toward the court system has grown - potentially heralding more volatility in how

The Tour has tapped a Covington & Burling team that includes Rob Kelner, Brian Smith, Lanny Breuer and Angelle Baugh to spearhead its response to the spate of congressional inquiries into the deal.

Crow, a Texas commercial real estate magnate, has repeatedly refused demands from Democratic chairmen of two Senate committees for detailed information about gifts and transactions benefiting Thomas, declaring the activity

The judiciary chair says committee Democrats would likely unite behind the vote needed to issue a subpoena, but he wants to move in “a thoughtful, orderly way.”

Legal experts are speculating about how former President Donald Trump could fight off his indictment in Florida and potentially pushing the trial past the 2024 Presidential Election.

Foreign-lobbying experts predicted the aquittal could impact how the department employs a relatively novel approach to prosecuting such efforts.

Call. >> this was a voice message sent to michael flynns attorney. that attorney turned it over to the special counsels office because there was some concern that people perhaps inside the trump administration perhaps even the presidents own lawyer was somehow trying to influence michael flynns cooperation. and let me read this. its a lengthy voice mail. im just going to read it to you. it starts out with a call from john dowd to rob kelner. he says this is john again. maybe im sympathetic, i un...

Cooperation or a deal in the works. my question still is, how do investigators know -- if they know he is now admitted to lying to the fbi -- how do they know that they are getting this cooperating witness to reveal everything that he knows? tell me the truth. >> well, whenever you get a cooperateor with a guilty plea there is always a little bit of a block on the institution. you have somebody committed a crime lied or done other things. first they bring in the lawyer, rob kelner, and kelner ma...

House, michael flynn junior, and there was some concern in recent weeks that the father here who has now pleaded guilty lying to the fbi and his son would get in trouble as well. how much do you think potentially the son factored into his cooperation? >> oh, i think the son was a major point of leverage in the negotiations with the special counsel. >> you do? >> absolutely. and remember his son was the chief of staff of a company that was an unregistered foreign agent, and that was engaged in a ...