White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney hired the lawyer who represented Russian agent Maria Butina to defend him in the impeachment case against President Trump.

Mulvaney hired Robert Driscoll of McGlinchey Stafford about a week ago, the attorney told the Washington Examiner. Driscoll’s representation of Mulvaney did not overlap with the time Butina was his client, he said.

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