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Former US attorney: Clinton aides' legal strategy is 'red flag'
Foxnews.com ^ | 6/6/16 | Catherine Herridge, Pamela K. Browne

Posted on 06/06/2016 5:37:33 PM PDT by Sleeping Freeper

Four central figures in the FBI’s criminal investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email practices are all using the same lawyer, a move described as a “red flag” by a former U.S. attorney who now runs a government watchdog group.

Lawyer Beth Wilkinson is representing: Clinton former chief of staff Cheryl Mills; policy adviser Jake Sullivan; media gatekeeper Philippe Reines; and former aide Heather Samuelson, who helped decide which Clinton emails were destroyed before turning over the remaining 30,000 records to the State Department.

"I think it would be a real red flag," Matthew Whitaker, executive director of the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, or FACT, told Fox News, in reference to the legal defense. He suggested having a single lawyer would help the four Clinton aides align their stories for FBI interviews.

"The benefit is to have one lawyer’s brain have all the knowledge of the various pieces and parts, and so each of those potential targets or subjects of the investigation get to share information across that same attorney -- and quite frankly get their story to sync up and understand what other people know of the situation,” he said.

Wilkinson is a well-respected Washington, D.C., attorney who successfully argued in favor of the death penalty for Timothy McVeigh in the Oklahoma City bombing case. Wilkinson has deep ties in Washington and is married to former NBC “Meet the Press” host David Gregory, who is now a regular political commentator on CNN.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas; US: California; US: Massachusetts; US: New York; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: bethwilkinson; cherylmills; clinton; clintongate; cnn; conspiracy; coverup; crookedhillary; davidgregory; destuctionofevidence; heathersamuelson; jakesullivan; matthewwhitaker; mediabias; meetthepress; nbc; philippereines; wilkinson
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To: gopno1

All of the clients have to sign waivers of conflicts of interest and the waiver requires full advisement of the conflicts. The attorney has to keep them aprised of potential conflicts as they arise. It’s not per se illegal or unethical, but with four defendants its an ethical minefield that I’d never walk into. But the fee from Hillary must be enormous. Enough to set up Wilkinson for life if she never has another client.


21 posted on 06/06/2016 7:12:09 PM PDT by henkster (Don't listen to what people say, watch what they do.)
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To: blueunicorn6
Not real smart thinking there.

Yep...Note that Huma has her own attorney.

22 posted on 06/06/2016 7:17:49 PM PDT by utahagen
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To: gopno1

Thank you. I forgot they haven’t been indicted yet, and these are just depositions prior to........

Still, it seems a motion should be able to be filed during deposition phase......but then, duh- I’m not an attorney!


23 posted on 06/06/2016 7:18:17 PM PDT by Arlis
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To: Sleeping Freeper

They have the same lawyer for the same reason Hillary used a private server.

Hillary has control.


24 posted on 06/06/2016 7:18:53 PM PDT by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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To: Ann Archy

Arguing for the death penalty for Timothy McVeigh is like arguing for mosquito spray in a jungle. EASY!!!

After you kill over 100 people, including many children, it is hard NOT TO ARGUE for the death penalty.


25 posted on 06/06/2016 7:39:05 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: henkster
All of the clients have to sign waivers of conflicts of interest and the waiver requires full advisement of the conflicts. The attorney has to keep them aprised of potential conflicts as they arise. It’s not per se illegal or unethical, but with four defendants its an ethical minefield that I’d never walk into. But the fee from Hillary must be enormous. Enough to set up Wilkinson for life if she never has another client.

Oh, yes, absolutely--I guess I just take that for granted and didn't even think about informing the poster who asked the question. I'd never walk into it either, but with these people, nothing surprises me. If there IS an indictment however, then I'd say she's definitely out and they will have to get some high powered white collar criminal defense attorneys. Totally agree with you, however--minefield city and I'd run like hell from that.

26 posted on 06/06/2016 7:40:38 PM PDT by gopno1
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

Govt exists for itself and is only accountable when politically convenient. We have a govt by twats and for twats.


27 posted on 06/06/2016 7:43:42 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: gopno1

Mail


28 posted on 06/06/2016 7:45:05 PM PDT by advertising guy ( TRUMP , BUT VERIFY)
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To: exit82

Wow. The collusion in Washington against the people is astounding. They have nothing but contempt for the people, and they more than deserve ours.


29 posted on 06/06/2016 7:48:31 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: Sleeping Freeper

Crooked Hillary proves why the name fits - again and again and again and.......


30 posted on 06/07/2016 3:18:03 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: utahagen
Note that Huma has her own attorney.

Brian Pagliano has his own counsel, as well.

31 posted on 06/07/2016 9:30:23 AM PDT by justlurking
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