Trump’s Legal Team Lacks Security Clearances Needed for Mueller Negotiations
- Possibility of a grand jury subpoena raised by Mueller’s team
- President’s lawyers have listed 40 questions Mueller may pose
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Donald Trump’s current team of lawyers lacks the security clearances needed to discuss sensitive issues related to a possible presidential interview with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Trump’s former lead lawyer John Dowd had been the only member of the president’s personal legal team with a security clearance, the people said. When Dowd quit in March over disagreements with Trump on legal strategy, Jay Sekulow became the lead lawyer on the investigation and is still waiting for his clearance.