Vice President Mike Pence has hired outside legal counsel to help him navigate the investigations into possible ties between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russian Federation, according a new report.
Cullen, a longtime power broker in Virginia's state capital, was appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1991 as US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
The president has also hired outside counsel, attorney Marc Kasowitz, to handle Russia-related inquiries.
Pence has retained former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Richard Cullen, who is chairman of McGuire Woods, the Post reported.
The new allegations against Trump centre on his own admission that he fired Comey because of the Russian Federation investigation, and suggestions he asked several top intelligence officials for their help altering the direction of the inquiry.
President Donald Trump responded angrily to reports he is under criminal investigation Thursday, deriding a "witch hunt" against him led by some "very bad" people.
Pence has done his best to position himself outside the scope of any possible hints of collusion with Russian Federation.
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During the 2000 Florida recount, Cullen was a member of former President George W. Bush's legal team.
"The FBI leak of information regarding the president is outrageous, inexcusable and illegal", Kasowitz's spokesman Mark Corallo said to the Post. Cullen was US attorney for the office from 1991 to 1993, before Comey joined the office in 1996.
Richard Cullen is known for representing high profile clients.
During a visit to Dominoes Park in Little Havana, your pooler asked Vice President Pence if he had any comment about hiring his own counsel.
The list of potential witnesses in such politically perilous investigations can be long, and even witnesses with little direct involvement are likely to need lawyers to shepherd them through interactions with the authorities. US prosecutors have not accused Blatter of wrongdoing.
Mueller is overseeing an Federal Bureau of Investigation inquiry into alleged Russian interference in the presidential election and whether there was any collusion by Trump's campaign. Every time his opponent, vice-presidential candidate Tim Kaine, brought up a statement by Trump-a public, documented statement, the veracity of which Americans could easily validate-Pence did not embellish.
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