President Trump's legal team has a little scandal of its own.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has built a reputation as Trump's right-hand legal man. But after Giuliani largely created the Ukraine situation Trump is in right now, Trump seemed to rebel by adding former GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy to his legal team — something Giuliani's team tried to deny was even in the works, Yahoo News reports.
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Yet by later that evening, Trump's personal lawyer Jay Sekulow had officially announced Gowdy was in fact on the team. Neither Gowdy nor Trump's personal lawyer responded to Yahoo News' request for comment on Toensing's criticism. Read more at Yahoo News.
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