1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: Now it's time for our daily Bloomberg lave Reef exploring 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: legal issues in the news, and today we discussed changes 3 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: to Donald Trump's legal team amid several investigations into Russian 4 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: interference in the U. S. Election. According to a person 5 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: familiar with the matter, Mr Trump will likely is long 6 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:18,319 Speaker 1: time attorney Mark has wits into a less prominent role 7 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: in the president's legal team. From where in this latest 8 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:23,600 Speaker 1: development to Bloomberg Law host Gregg's Store and Michael Best 9 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: speak with Mike Dorning, White House editor for Bloomberg News. 10 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: It's only been, you know, less than two months since 11 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: cass was was brought on. What has changed over that 12 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,600 Speaker 1: time that that seems to have prompted this this move 13 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:37,840 Speaker 1: by the president. Well, a couple of things. There hasn't 14 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 1: been a record of success in the Trump administration and 15 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 1: beating back this investigation, either in the court of public 16 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:50,240 Speaker 1: opinion or in Congress. We haven't really seen what's going 17 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: on with the Special Council, but we do know with 18 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: the expanding Special Counsel's Office and some of the some 19 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: of the investigating we've heard about UM, we know that 20 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: their investigation is expanding as well. So things have gotten 21 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 1: worse for President Trump. Uh, and so he's thinking about 22 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 1: other things. Now, there's also been some things that have 23 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: come out about Mr. Cass suits that probably hurt him 24 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: with the White House too. Well, let's talk about that 25 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: a bit. Mr Casswitz has um been emailing in response 26 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:26,039 Speaker 1: to folks who are emailing him about defending the president. 27 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:30,040 Speaker 1: And it's sort of strange to have a lawyer responding 28 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: to folks who are attacking his political client in the 29 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 1: way that cass Witz did, isn't it. Yeah, And this 30 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: is one of the things that's different about handling an investigation, 31 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:45,680 Speaker 1: a defense that has big political ramifications and public relations 32 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: ramifications versus a strict legal fight where your main court 33 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: of opinion is the court. Um. Here we had uh. 34 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 1: Pro Publica wrote story alleging that he didn't get a 35 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: security clearance in part because of supposedly some alcohol problems. 36 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: And then someone wrote him an email that you know, 37 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:10,519 Speaker 1: kind of baited him, and then he sent a long 38 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: vitriolic response to this just random person, which not surprisingly 39 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: then became public. It's a it's like a rookie mistake 40 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 1: for someone who's involved in things in the public eye. 41 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 1: And sure enough that created a big storm. So if 42 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: you're in the White House and you're someone who's looking 43 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 1: at this as a political case, in a public relations 44 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:36,799 Speaker 1: case as well as a legal case, that immediately creates 45 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: doubts in your mind about how how sound the judgment 46 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:42,920 Speaker 1: of the attorney is when it comes to the non 47 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: legal aspects of the case at least, and as Bloomberg 48 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: News White House Editor Mike Dorning speaking with Bloomberg Law 49 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: host Michael Best and Great Store and you can listen 50 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 1: to Bloomberg Law weekdays at one bm Wall Street time 51 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:58,359 Speaker 1: here on Bloomberg Radio, and that's this morning's Bloomberg Law 52 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: bree If you can find more legal news at Bloomberg 53 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 1: Law dot com and Bloomberg BNA dot com. 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