trouble finding a lawyer to take him on? and who at this hour is the lead discussion with robert mueller? the president has a highly qualified team with several lawyers that have been part of this process. ty cobb, jay sekulow. i would refer you to his outside counsel. who is his lead counsel right now? i would refer you to outside the white house i would refer you to jay sekulow, who could address any detailed questions on that front. ambassador nikki haley said that russia cynically negotiated a cease fire and instantlily denied. the only way we can cooperate with russia is if they changed their behavior. what about their actions recently speak to them changing their behavior? i didn t say they had changed their behavior. i think that s why you re seeing the united states, along with over 25 other countries, step up and take action and why we
is using money from illegal proceedings account to help pay for president trump s russia-related legal fees. reuters first reported trump is using campaign funds and money from the rnc to pay for his own legal advice. according to multiple reports, the rnc spent more than $230,000 fees in the month of august. john dowd reportedly paid $100,000. another $121,000 went to where john sekulow is a partner. coming up next on morning joe, the devastating earthquake in mexico, rescue crews race to find survivors. plus, we are tracking hurricane a maia as it rips across puerto rico and bat mexico.
bush. he dealt with investigation. he has relevant and recent experience in these key areas. a white collar crime defense attorney from one of the big firms in washington. so this has been a courting job to try to get him to come into the white house. it happens at time when ty cobb is exiting. we also saw that the president s personal outside lawyer john dowd left the team a while back. we have got a reconfiguration here, rudy giuliani is a propment voice for the president s personal affairs on the outside and john sekulow and the team they are building. on the inside we will have emmitt flood with the tenacious experience right down the alley of what the white house will need. at the same time we can perhaps discern a shift because we know that the m.o. for ty cobb had been to send a signal of cooperation to try to work with the mueller team and to hope that that would be a way to wrap things up more quickly and to the president s benefit and the white house s benefit.
dowd, the president s legal team has essentially come down to e one, john sekulow. a source tells cnn that the president has spoken with rob porter multiple times, essentially using him as a sounding board. porter, who never obtained his full security clearance when he was working at the white house, was pushed out a couple of months ago after reports of domestic abuse involving not just one but both of his ex-wives. but, according to some reports, the president may want him back. and growing questions today around the president s tweets. ridiculing his critics, typically a mainstay of his feed. noticeably absent, any mention whatsoever of this woman, stormy daniels. cnn has new reporting that the president knows he must handle the topic with more care than he does other matters and he, quote, unquote, knows the