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Jared Kushner’s lawyer in the Russia probe is “dropping out”



Jared Kushner’s lawyer in the Russia probe is “dropping out”
by Staff Report • July 15, 2017
Jamie Gorelick, a lawyer who has been representing Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, is calling it quits as far as inquires being conducted by congressional committees and Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller.

Sources said Gorelick will continue to represent Kushner on ethics issues and possible crimes related to false statements on his security clearance form, but she is stepping away from matters that may involve a conflict of interest.

Mueller, a former FBI director who was appointed to conduct the Russia investigation, was a partner at Gorelick’s law firm, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.

Gorelick also said Mueller hired three other Wilmer Hale partners to investigate the Trump campaign’s collusion with Russian efforts to influence the presidential election and actions that may constitute criminal obstruction of justice.

“As we have stated, once Bob Mueller and three of our partners left the firm to form the Special Counsel’s Office, we advised Mr. Kushner to get independent legal advice on whether to continue with us as counsel,” said Gorelick.

Gorelick said she is turning over responsibilities for Kushner’s part in the Russia investigation to Abbe Lowell, a well-known Washington criminal defense lawyer.

Gorelick advised Kushner, who has sprawling financial interests in a multi-billion-dollar global real estate empire, on how he might comply with federal ethics and anti-nepotism laws as a White House advisor.

Although Kushner has no experience in government or public policy, Trump put him in charge of all foreign-policy matters during his Presidential transition.

At that time, Kushner participated in meetings between Trump and foreign heads of state while continuing to run the Kushner Companies, a multibillion-dollar real estate developer in New York City and the New Jersey residential market.

Kushner Companies has used a controversial visa scheme that Trump renewed in May, the EB-5 program, to fuel foreign investment and it relies on complex financing arrangements to cover looming debt that could make Jared Kushner vulnerable to Russian influence.

Jared Kushner held a December meeting with executives from a Russian bank, VneshEconomBank, or VEB, at the suggestion of the Russian ambassador.

He was also present at the meeting at Trump Tower in June 2016, before Trump has sewn up the GOP presidential nomination, with a Russian lawyer and a former Soviet counter-intelligence officer. That pow-wow, arranged by Donald Trump Jr., was also attended by Paul Manafort, who was chairman of the Trump campaign at the time.

The former Soviet counterintelligence officer — lobbyist Rinat Akhmetshin — is suspected of having ongoing ties to Russian spy agencies. Born in Russia, Akhmetshin served in the Soviet military and emigrated to the U.S., where he holds dual citizenship.

The meeting was set up by music publicist Rob Goldstone, who described Natalia Veselnitskaya as a “Russian government attorney” and promised she had information that was “part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump.”

Numerous sources show Veselnitskaya had been working with Akhmetshin on a campaign to repeal the Magnitsky Act, an American law set to punish Russian human rights violators.

Gorelick served as the Deputy Attorney General of the United States from 1994 to 1997, during the Clinton administration, and she became a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in July 2003

Robert Mueller
Robert S. Mueller III is investigating interference with Russia in the 2016 U.S. election, special counsel investigating Russian ties in the 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign, a special counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice, James Quarles III is assisting him in the Russia probe, Jeannie Rhee is assisting him in the Russia collusion probe, Aaron Zebley is assisting him in the Russia probe, was a director at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.

Note: James Quarles III is assisting Robert S. Mueller III in the Russia probe, and was a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.
Jeannie Rhee is assisting Robert S. Mueller III in the Russia collusion probe, was a deputy assistant attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice, and a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.
Aaron Zebley is assisting Robert S. Mueller III in the Russia probe, and was a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.
Jared Kushner’s law firm is Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Jamie S. Gorelick is his attorney, is the senior adviser to the president for the Donald Trump administration, and Donald Trump’s son-in-law.
Cameron F. Kerry was an associate at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, is John F. Kerry’s brother, a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).  
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and a friend of Michael Douglas.  
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.   
Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.           
Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.      
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).         
Teresa Heinz Kerry is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and married to John F. Kerry.  
Jessica Tuchman Mathews was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)
Michael Douglas is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and a friend of George Soros.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).  
James F. Collins is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and was a U.S. ambassador for Russia.
Jamie S. Gorelick was a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a deputy attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice, is Ivanka Trump & Jared Kushner’s attorney, and a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Robert S. Mueller III was a director at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, is investigating interference with Russia in the 2016 U.S. election, special counsel investigating Russian ties in the 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign, a special counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice, James Quarles III is assisting him in the Russia probe, Jeannie Rhee is assisting him in the Russia collusion probe, and Aaron Zebley is assisting him in the Russia probe.
James Quarles III is assisting Robert S. Mueller III in the Russia probe, and was a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.
Jeannie Rhee is assisting Robert S. Mueller III in the Russia collusion probe, was a deputy assistant attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice, and a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.
Aaron Zebley is assisting Robert S. Mueller III in the Russia probe, and was a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
Guantanamo controversy
Main article: Guantanamo Bay attorneys
A team of WilmerHale attorneys represents the “Algerian Six”, a group of men who fell under suspicion of planning to attack the US embassy in Bosnia and who are now held in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp.[13]
In 2006, attorney Melissa Hoffer, then part of the team with WilmerHale, delivered a speech in Caen, France, critical of U.S. detainee policy.[14] Other WilmerHale lawyers participating in the case include Stephen Oleskey,[15] and Rob Kirsch.[16]
In January 2007, Cully Stimson, deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs, criticized WilmerHale and other major law firms for representing "the very terrorists who hit their bottom line back in 2001," and questioned whether such work was really being done pro bono or might actually receive funding from shadowy sources.[17] In a Wall Street Journal editorial criticizing Stimson, Harvard Law School professor (and former United States Solicitor General under President Reagan) Charles Fried wrote:
         "It is no surprise that firms like Wilmer Hale (which represents both Big Pharma and Tobacco Free Kids), Covington & Burling (which represents both Big Tobacco and Guantanamo detainees), and the other firms on Mr. Stimson's hit list, are among the most sought-after by law school graduates, and retain the loyalty and enthusiasm of their partners. They offer their lawyers the profession at its best, and help assure that the rule of law is not just a slogan but a satisfying way of life."[18]
In December 2007, Seth Waxman made the oral argument to the Supreme Court in Boumediene v. Bush which upheld habeas corpus rights for detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
Eric H. Holder Jr. is a partner at Covington & Burling LLP, and was the attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Robert S. Mueller III was a director at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, is investigating interference with Russia in the 2016 U.S. election, special counsel investigating Russian ties in the 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign, a special counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice, James Quarles III is assisting him in the Russia probe, Jeannie Rhee is assisting him in the Russia collusion probe, and Aaron Zebley is assisting him in the Russia probe.

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