Ty Cobb

Trump Budget Funds Robert Mueller Through September 2019

President Donald Trump’s new budget proposal funds Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into his campaign — and his administration — through the 2019 fiscal year, despite the repeated assurances by White House lawyer Ty Cobb that the inquiry would end soon.

FILE - In this June 13, 2013 file photo, FBI Director Robert Mueller listens as he testifi

Blue State Blues: President Trump’s Lawyers Are Violating His Sixth Amendment Rights

Trump would be enjoying better legal representation if he simply walked down to the local courthouse and hired a no-name defense lawyer hawking his services — a street-fighter who would find every way to protect his client, who would have no conflicts and no qualms about sticking it to the prosecution, who had no reputation to lose and would therefore put victory ahead of everything else.

Blue State Blues (Breitbart)

The Hill: Bannon Presses Trump to Hire Experienced Legal Team

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible Russian collusion with the 2016 Trump campaign has White House aides worried, despite the assurances of President Trump’s lawyer Ty Cobb that Mueller is handling the investigation “fairly.” Some sources close to the president have reportedly expressed doubts about Cobb’s competency to lead the White House’s defense. Chief among those critics is former Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon.

The Associated Press

Hope Hicks on Mueller’s Deposition List

According to multiple reports Tuesday, White House communications director and former Trump campaign aide Hope Hicks is on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s list to be deposed in his ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Hope Hicks