Trump finally got a top-notch lawyer
The early departure of Ty Cobb from President Trump’s legal team initially seemed like more bad news for the president’s long-troub... moreTrump finally got a top-notch lawyer
The early departure of Ty Cobb from President Trump’s legal team initially seemed like more bad news for the president’s long-troubled efforts to build a first-rate operation to go toe to toe with Robert Mueller. But that swiftly turned around with the news that Cobb will be replaced by Emmet T. Flood, a political legal star with experience handling, among other things, Bill Clinton’s impeachment.
An impressive résumé: While Trump often seems to hire people based on how they perform on television, Flood has a low media profile and an impressive legal résumé. He graduated Yale Law School in 1991, clerked for Second Circuit Judge Ralph Winters and then Antonin Scalia, and later joined Clinton’s legal team. He worked in the White House counsel’s office under George W. Bush and later represented Vice President Dick Cheney in a civil suit related to the Valerie Plame matter, then Hillary Clinton in the emai... less
