U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has become the latest senior Trump administration official to hire a private attorney, a Justice Department spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
An established, well-known conservative lawyer and friend of Sessions (who advised him prior to his attorney general confirmation hearings), Cooper reportedly also attended Sessions' congressional testimony the week before as his personal counsel.
It's unknown whether the representation extends to the special counsel's investigation of Russian influence, the National Law Journal reports.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has hired D.C. litigator Charles Cooper, CNBC has confirmed.
Cooper, 65, served in the Justice Department during President Ronald Reagan's administration and returned to private practice in 1988, according to his biography on the website of his law firm.
Cooper, a partner with his own firm, Cooper & Kirk, would not say when he was retained by Sessions or whether he is representing Sessions in the special counsel's investigation into Trump and Russian Federation.
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Both Cooper and the Department of Justice did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
Another Trump Administration official has hired private legal counsel as multiple investigations continue into potential Trump campaign collusion with Russian Federation as well as alleged obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump himself. Both President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and Vice President Mike Pence have hired personal lawyers.
Cooper also assisted Sessions with his January confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, discussing those preparations in an interview with The Post at the time.
Earlier this month, Comey told the Senate intelligence committee during a bombshell testimony that he and senior FBI leadership had expected Sessions to recuse himself from the investigation, adding that there were other facts he was aware of that he could not disclose in an open setting.
In May, Sessions acknowledged that he did not reveal his meetings previous year with Russian officials when he applied for his security clearance.
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