“As you may recall, and as we have stated, once Bob Mueller and three of our partners left the firm to form the Special Counsel’s Office [at the Department of Justice], we advised Mr. Kushner to get independent legal advice whether to continue with us as counsel,” Gorelick said. She is a partner at the law firm WilmerHale, which is where Mueller and others involved in the investigation had worked. The issue of a possible conflict of interest had arisen, but the Justice Department said it wasn’t an issue.
Nevertheless, Gorelick said that after advising Kushner to look into whether to stick with her, he has opted to put criminal defense attorney Abbe Lowell at the helm for all things Russia. Lowell, head of white collar crime at Norton Rose Fulbright, has been with Kushner’s legal team since June 26.
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