The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. May 3, 2018 Trump Hires Lawyer Who Defended Bill Clinton Against Impeachment ---------------------------------------------------------------- This comes as President Trump hired Washington, D.C., attorney Emmet Flood to replace White House lawyer Ty Cobb as part of his legal team working to contain fallout from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. Flood previously represented President Bill Clinton during his impeachment in 1998. .