{"id":32753,"date":"2017-06-21T06:28:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T06:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=32753"},"modified":"2017-06-21T06:28:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T06:28:36","slug":"attorney-general-jeff-sessions-hires-private-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/politics\/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-hires-private-lawyer.html","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General Jeff Sessions hires private lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Attorney General Jeff Sessions hires private lawyer<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Attorney General Jeff Sessions has hired D.C. litigator Charles Cooper, CNBC has confirmed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Cooper, founding member and chairman of Cooper &amp; Kirk, said he could not comment on confidential client matters. His name was among those floated as a potential pick for solicitor general in the early days of the Trump administration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Democrats have scrutinized Sessions&#8217; interactions with Russian officials after he didn&#8217;t disclose them in his confirmation hearing. The attorney general has explained that he didn&#8217;t disclose those meetings because they happened in his capacity as a senator and not as a surrogate for the Trump campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Sessions testified before a Senate panel last week that the suggestion he colluded with Russians is an &#8220;appalling and detestable lie.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;Let me state this clearly: I have never met with or had any conversations with any Russians or any foreign officials concerning any type of interference with any campaign or election,&#8221; Sessions told the Senate Intelligence Committee. &#8220;Further, I have no knowledge of any such conversations by anyone connected to the Trump campaign.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Sessions hired Cooper after other senior White House officials and found outside counsel to deal with issues related to the investigation of Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Last week, Vice President Mike Pence&#8217;s office confirmed that he has retained a private lawyer to handle inquiries from special counsel Robert Mueller&#8217;s investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">In May, President Donald Trump tapped Marc Kasowitz to manage matters related to the Russia probe. The president&#8217;s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, also hired his own legal representation, NBC News reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/06\/20\/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-hires-private-lawyer.html<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/politics\/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-hires-private-lawyer.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorney General Jeff Sessions hires private lawyer Attorney General Jeff Sessions has hired D.C. litigator Charles Cooper, CNBC has confirmed. Cooper, founding member and chairman of Cooper &amp; Kirk, said he could not comment on confidential client matters. 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