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This article is part of The Week s 20th anniversary section, looking back at how the world has changed since our first issue was published in April 2001.
Twenty years ago this month, I was in the final weeks of a short stint working as a speechwriter for New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. One day, while toiling on one of the low-profile speeches for which I â the new guy on the communications team â was usually responsible, my boss (John Avlon, now a senior political analyst and anchor at CNN) strolled past my cubicle to see me doing some online research using what I thought was the best option available: the Alta Vista search engine.
Gaetz Taps Trump Defense Lawyer for Sex-Trafficking Probe msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Rep. Matt Gaetz hires defense lawyer Marc Mukasey, who represents Trump Organization in criminal probe
CNBC 8 hrs ago Dan Mangan
Rep. Matt Gaetz has hired two top New York defense lawyers, one of whom represents the Trump Organization in a criminal probe, to represent him as he faces a federal sex trafficking investigation.
The retention of the Trump firm s lawyer Marc Mukasey is noteworthy not only for Mukasey s record of handling serious criminal cases but also because Gaetz is among former President Donald Trump s most ardent defenders.
The moves came as a lawyer for Gaetz s friend Joel Greenberg indicated Thursday that Greenberg plans to plead guilty in a federal case in which he has been charged with sex trafficking of an underage girl, wire fraud, stalking and trying to bribe a federal official.