Government ethics and white-collar crime?
Oh my. Whatever could these gentlemen be pursuing against this squeaky-clean “president?”
By the time Nadler & Team are done with Trump, we’ll be calling it
“Red-Tie Crime”
Didn’t I recently hear someone saying thanks for all that extra money provided to congress for investigations?
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Two Seasoned Lawyers Join House Panel’s Trump Investigation
By Billy House February 12, 2019, 12:50 PM EST
The House Judiciary Committee -- a panel at the forefront of efforts to investigate President Donald Trump -- has signed up two prominent lawyers with expertise in government ethics and white-collar crime.
Chairman Jerrold Nadler said Tuesday that
Norm Eisen, a vocal Trump critic, and Barry Berke will serve as “consulting counsels” to the panel.
Norman L. Eisen is an American attorney, author, and diplomat who is board chair of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). He also served as White House Special Counsel for Ethics and Government Reform and United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic under President Barack Obama.
Barry H. Berke is a very successful criminal DEFENSE attorney, specializing in white-collar-crime.
Committees are gearing up multiple investigations of the Trump administration now that Democrats control the House, and the Judiciary panel attracts extra attention because it would play a leading role if there’s any move to impeach the president.
Nadler, a New York Democrat, said Eisen and Berke will focus on issues tied to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and any collusion with people close to Trump and other matters related to the Justice Department.
Eisen served as a special assistant for ethics and government reform under President Barack Obama and was a co-founder of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
He’s also an expert on the Constitution’s “emoluments" clause, which has been invoked by critics of the benefits Trump gains from his Washington hotel and other business holdings.
Berke is an expert on federal criminal law, including public corruption, banking, tax fraud and insider-trading cases.
He’s been involved with cases involving clients tied to Deutsche Bank AG, which was long a top lender to Trump’s businesses. He also represented Bernard Kerik, the former police commissioner of New York City, in a criminal corruption case in the Southern District of New York.
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Chairman Jerrold Nadler of New York has said that protecting the Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation into the 2016 election, including possible ties between the Trump campaign team and Russia, is the committee’s No. 1 priority.
Eisen has been retained on a consulting basis along with Barry Berke, a leading white-collar criminal defense attorney, as special oversight counsels to the majority Democratic staff as they conduct their inquiries into Trump’s Justice Department.
“This is a critical time in our Nation’s history,” Nadler said in a statement Tuesday.
The chairman said in the statement that Trump is accused of “numerous” instances of “corruption and obstruction,” and indicated that the committee will be gathering evidence about those claims with help from Eisen and Berke.
“I am glad to have such valuable resources available to help us ensure that this Administration is held accountable to our laws and to the American public,” Nadler said.