it raises potential conflicts of interest. goralich s specialty, a well known lawyer who has involved government investigations, she is not primarily a trial lawyer. the outreach to other attorneys began last month according to the new york times. investigators were examining kushner s meetings during the transition with the head of a sanctioned russian bank and the russian ambassador which kushner had initially failed to disclose. now the special counsel is examining kushner s business dealings. the times cites abby lowell, a prominent trial lawyer who represented jack abramoff. i m joined by jill banks. jill, did people back during watergate, did people get criminal defense attorneys early on and did individuals get them
starting to feel more like a flood. joining me jill winebank assistant special counsel in watergate investigation. thank you for being here. when reagan had issues he issue a welcome statement of e appointment of distinguished just, mr. walsh, has my promise of complete cooperation. i ve instructed all members of my administration to cooperate fully in order to ensure full and prompt disclosure. that is not the way nixon reacted clearly to having a special counsel reacted in his case. how did president nixon react to the appointment of a special prosecutor. actually he did not interfere in the beginning but he did tonight wall throughout the entire proceeding. at every time we asked for cooperation, he refused. the courts ordered him to comply. it took public pressure and court orders to get the evidence we needed from the white house.