but for most other modern presidents, there is somebody. president nixon went through not one, but two outside private lawyers. his first was a man names charles alan wright, the preeminent constitutional lawyer of his time. wright, however, was unsuccessful in his efforts to prevent nixon from having to hand over the white house tapes. and so nixon canned him. replaced him with another prominent lawyer names james st. clair. st. clair defended the decision to withhold the tapes all the way up to the supreme court before they lost that case. during iran/contra, president reagan retained republican super lawyer ted olson as his private counsel. ronald reagan s successor, president george h.w. bush hired jimmy carter s attorney general, griffin bell, to be his private outside lawyer when the iran/contra issues followed him into his term as president.
lawyers. his first was a man names charles alan wright, the preempent in institutional lawyer of his time. wright, however, was unsuccessful in his efforts to prevent nixon from having to hand over the white house tapes. and so nixon canned him. replaced him with another prominent lawyer names james st. clair. st. clair defended the decision to withhold the tapes all the way up to the supreme court before they lost that case. during iran/contra, president reagan retained republican super lawyer ted olson as his private counsel. ronald reagan s successor, president george h.w. bush hired jimmy carter s attorney general, griffin bell, to be his private outside lawyer when the iran/contra issues followed him into his term as president. president bill clinton retained big name lawyers david kendall, bob bennett to represent him during the monica lewinsky affair. so presidents hire outside