President Trump has hired John Dowd to assist his personal legal team in its handling the special counsel’s questions about Russian interference in the 2016 election, according to multiple reports Friday evening.
Dowd’s history includes representing Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., during the Keating Five Scandal and Pete Rose for Major League Baseball.
The 76-year-old former prosecutor is no stranger to Washington having practiced inside the Beltway for decades.
He will work alongside Marc Kasowitz, Mark Bowe and Jay Sekulow in helping Trump address federal officials’ questions about his campaign.
Just this week, the special counsel’s investigation was reportedly broadened to look at whether Trump obstructed justice in the FBI’s probe.
A number of Trump administration officials have begun lawyering up, including Vice President Mike Pence, who hired Richard Cullen, according to a report published Thursday.
