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May 24, 2017

Trump Hires Lawyer for Investigation into Campaign Ties with Russian Officials
 
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In the United States, President Donald Trump has lawyered up-appointing
attorney Marc Kasowitz to represent him in the ongoing investigation
into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russian officials to
allegedly influence the 2016 election. Kasowitz has worked for Trump for
over a decade. He threatened to sue The New York Times if it didn't
retract an explosive story in which multiple women accused Trump of
sexual harassment. Kasowitz also represents Russia's largest bank. He
works at the same firm as former Senator Joe Lieberman, one of Trump's
front-running candidates to lead the FBI, following Trump's firing of
former Director James Comey.


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