Jared Kushner Hires Prominent Lawyer With Extensive Scandal Experience | Rachel Maddow

EVENING. RACHEL MADDOW IS UP.
>>> PRESIDENT'S SON-IN-LAW HAS TONIGHT HIRED ONE THE OF
COUNTRY'S MOST PROMINENT CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS.
THIS PROMINENT CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER WILL BE REPRESENTING
JARED KUSHNER PERSONALLY IN THE TRUMP/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION.
HIS NAME IS ABBY LOWELL. HE IS ONE OF THE FEW CRIMINAL
DEFENSE LAWYERS IN AMERICA WHO I THINK COUNTS AS HOUSEHOLD NAME.
HE IS MOST FAMOUS FOR HAVING AGAIN DEMOCRATS' TOP LAWYER
DURING THE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST BILL
CLINTON. HE ALSO REPRESENTED THE
FABULOUSLY CORRUPT CONVICTED REPUBLICAN SUPER LOBBYIST, JACK
ABRAM OFF. HE ALSOER REPRESENTED JOHN
EDWARDS QUHEFS CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL I USING CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAY FOR THE LIVING EXPENSES FOR HIS SECRET
SECOND FAMILY THAT NOBODY KNEW ABOUT.
ABBY LOWELL HAS BEEN THE DEFENSE LAWYER, HE HAS BEEN THE DEFENSE
LAWYER IN THE MIDDLE OF TAUNL OF LURISH D POLITICAL SCANDALS.
JIM WRIGHT WHO WAS THE FIRST SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE TO EVER
RESIGN IN SCANDAL, HE HAD HE ABBY LOWELL AS HIS LAWYER.
AND THE MAN WHO WENT STRAIGHT FROM BEING THE CHERYL OF THE
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE TO SERVING 17 MONTHS THIS FEDERAL
PRISON, ABBY LOWELL WAS HIS LAWYER.
AND NOW HE'LL BE THE DEFENSE LAWYER FOR JARED KUSHNER TOO.
MR. KUSHNER IS KEEPING HIS EXISTING LAWYER, ANOTHER
WASHINGTON A-LISTER. BUT IN ADDITION, HE IS NOW
ADDING ABBY LOWELL WHICH MEANS LIKE MIKE PENCE, PRESIDENTIAL
SENIOR ADVISER AND PRESIDENTIAL SON-IN-LAW AND DE FACTO CROWN
PRINCE OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, JARED KUSHNER
AND MIKE PENCE NOW BOTH HAVE BETTER LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN
THIS MATTER THAN THE PRESIDENT DOES.
AND I DON'T MEAN TO BE WEIRD ABOUT THIS BUT TO FACE THIS
SCANDAL, TO MOUNT A PERSONAL DEFENSE, THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF
HAS HIRED THIS GUY. LIKE HANDLED SOME OF HIS DIVORCE
STUFF. HE HIRED A LAWYER WHO MOSTLY
DOES RELIGIOUS RIGHT TELEVANGELIST STUFF AND HE HIRED
THIS GUY. >> YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO WATCH
THIS NEXT PIECE OF VIDEO THAT WE HAVE.
HE IS OUT ON BAIL AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF ALL 14 COUNTS OF
COULDN'T SPEARCY AND FRAUD. HIS ATTORNEY HAS PROMISED TO
APPEAL THOSE CONVICTIONS. THIS IS THE VIDEO THAT I WAS
TALKING ABOUT. CNBC CAUGHT UP WITH MR. DOWD A
SHORT TIME AGO. >> THAT'S WHAT I GOT FOR CNBC.
>> WOW! >> THAT'S WHAT I GOT FOR CNBC.
CNBC. DOESN'T USUALLY HAVE TO BLUR HAND GESTURES.
IT IS LIKE BUSINESS STUFF. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
BUT THE PRESIDENT HAS HIRED THIS STAR WARS BAR SCENE LEGAL TEAM
TO MOUNT HIS OWN DEFENSE IN THE RUSSIA SCANDAL.
AND THAT IS FINE. THAT'S HIS PREROGATIVE.
HE GETS TO DO IT HOWEVER HE WANTS TO DO IT.
IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT NOW THIS CONTRAST, HIS VICE PRESIDENT,
MIKE PENCE, AND HIS SON-IN-LAW JARED KUSHNER, IN CONTRAST TO
WHAT HE'S DONE, THEY'VE HIRED REAL BIG NAME LAWYERS WITH TONS
OF EXPERIENCE IN BIG NAME POLITICAL SCANDALS.
MIKE PENCE HIRED RICHARD CULLEN. JARED KUSHNER JUST HIRED ABBY
LOWELL. WE'LL HAVE MORE COMING UP IN A
COUPLE MINUTES ABOUT WHY JARED KUSHNER MAY BE FEELING THE NEED
TO ADD SUCH AN A-LIST LAWYER TO HIS PERSONAL PAY ROLL.
THERE ARE TWO THINGS HAVE JUST COME UP THAT MAY EXPLAIN THE
SENSE OF URGENCY WITH HIS LEGALL

Jared Kushner Hires Prominent Lawyer With Extensive Scandal Experience | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

Latest Posts