Trump Brings On Lawyer Ty Cobb to Oversee Russia Probes Response
- Cobb to join White House to oversee legal and media responses
- Attorney is relative of baseball legend of same name
The White House is dealing with the fallout from Donald Trump Jr.'s release of a string of emails exchanged ahead of a meeting with Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya that offered to provide information to incriminate Hillary Clinton. Bloomberg's Kevin Cirilli reports on 'Bloomberg Surveillance.' (Source: Bloomberg)
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President Donald Trump plans to put a veteran Washington lawyer, Ty Cobb, in charge of overseeing the White House’s legal and media response to investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 campaign.
The White House announced Cobb’s hiring on Saturday to serve as special counsel, without providing additional information on his role.