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| Donald Trump’s legal team is looking for conflicts of interest among members of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team, people with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. | Donald Trump’s legal team is looking for conflicts of interest among members of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team, people with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. |
| The revelations come as Mueller’s investigation appears likely to investigate some of the president’s family’s business ties. | |
| Attorney Jay Sekulow, a member of the president’s external legal team, told the Associated Press that the lawyers “will consistently evaluate the issue of conflicts and raise them in the appropriate venue”. | Attorney Jay Sekulow, a member of the president’s external legal team, told the Associated Press that the lawyers “will consistently evaluate the issue of conflicts and raise them in the appropriate venue”. |
| Two people with knowledge of that process say those efforts include exploring the political affiliations of Mueller’s investigators and their work history. | Two people with knowledge of that process say those efforts include exploring the political affiliations of Mueller’s investigators and their work history. |
| Both the New York Times and Washington Post also reported on Thursday that efforts to “discredit” the special counsel and his team were under way. | |
| The president himself has publicly challenged Mueller, declaring this week that the former FBI director would be crossing a line if he investigated the president’s personal business ties. | The president himself has publicly challenged Mueller, declaring this week that the former FBI director would be crossing a line if he investigated the president’s personal business ties. |
| Late on Thursday, the highest-ranking Democrat on the US Senate intelligence committee said reports that Trump was contemplating a pardon for aides that could be implicated in Mueller’s probe were “extremely disturbing”. | |
| Senator Mark Warner was referring to a Washington Post article saying that Trump was consulting with advisers “about his power to pardon aides, family members and even himself”. | |
| Trump’s lawyers were attempting to “corral the probe” and were compiling a list of Mueller’s alleged potential conflicts of interest in order to “stymie his work,” according to the Post, which quoted anonymous sources for the article. | |
| Mueller and congressional committees are investigating whether the president’s campaign colluded with Russia during the 2016 election. While Trump has assailed the inquiries as a partisan “witch hunt”, the investigations have increasingly drawn in his family and close advisers, including son Donald Trump Jr and son-in-law and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner. | Mueller and congressional committees are investigating whether the president’s campaign colluded with Russia during the 2016 election. While Trump has assailed the inquiries as a partisan “witch hunt”, the investigations have increasingly drawn in his family and close advisers, including son Donald Trump Jr and son-in-law and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner. |
| As the investigations intensify, Trump’s legal team is also undergoing a shake-up. New York-based attorney Marc Kasowitz, whose unconventional style has irked some White House aides, is seen as a diminishing presence in the operation, according to two people with people with knowledge of the matter. | As the investigations intensify, Trump’s legal team is also undergoing a shake-up. New York-based attorney Marc Kasowitz, whose unconventional style has irked some White House aides, is seen as a diminishing presence in the operation, according to two people with people with knowledge of the matter. |
| Mark Corallo, who has been working as a spokesman for the legal team, is no longer part of the operation, according to those familiar with the situation. They insisted on anonymity because they were not authorised to discuss the matter publicly. | Mark Corallo, who has been working as a spokesman for the legal team, is no longer part of the operation, according to those familiar with the situation. They insisted on anonymity because they were not authorised to discuss the matter publicly. |