“I’m on you now. You are fucking with me now. Let’s see who you are. Watch your back, bitch.”
— Trump attorney Marc Kasowitz, quoted by ProPublica, threatening a stranger in a string of profanity-laden emails last night.
Trump’s Lawyer Does Not Have Security Clearance
“The ongoing investigations into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia involve reams of classified material. Yet Marc Kasowitz, the New York lawyer whom President Donald Trump has hired to defend him in these inquiries, told ProPublica through a spokesman that he does not have a security clearance — the prerequisite for access to government secrets. Nor does he expect to seek one.”
“Several lawyers who have represented presidents and senior government officials said they could not imagine handling a case so suffused with sensitive material without a clearance.”
“One possible explanation for Kasowitz’s decision not to pursue a clearance: He might have trouble getting one.”
Trump’s Lawyer Boasted of Getting Bharara Fired
Marc Kasowitz, President Trump’s personal lawyer in the Russia investigation, “has boasted to friends and colleagues that he played a central role in the firing of Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York,” ProPublica reports.
Kasowitz told Trump: “This guy is going to get you.”
“Those who know Kasowitz say he is sometimes prone to exaggerating when regaling them with his exploits. But if true, his assertion adds to the mystery surrounding the motive and timing of Bharara’s firing.”
