It Begins: Why Did Obama Hire a Top Criminal Attorney for WH Counsel?

[SheriffJoe]

Why Did Obama Hire a Top Criminal Attorney for WH Counsel?

by KEITH KOFFLER on APRIL 22, 2014, 5:31 PM

Welcome to White House Dossier!

If I suddenly told you I was hiring Johnny Cochran to be my attorney, you’d think – well, first of all, you’d think it was peculiar, since Johnny Cochran is dead. Maybe I’m looking to save some money. But, assuming I mean the metaphorical Johnny Cochran, you’d be pretty sure I’m in some kind of really serious trouble.
Or if your wife mentioned she had hired a lawyer, and you found out the attorney specializes in . . . divorce. You’d probably start checking some apartment listings.

Which brings us to the strange case of President Obama’s decision to hire Neil Eggleston to be his new White House Counsel.
Eggleston is the kind of guy you go to when someone tells you, “time to lawyer up.” He’s a veteran at cleaning up ethics messes for politicians, most notably Bill Clinton, whom he aided during the Whitewater investigations and the Monica Lewinsky affair, double entendre intended.

But that’s not nearly all. He represented Rahm Emanuel during the scandal surrounding former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, as well as Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and George W. Bush political director Sara Taylor when scandals touched them, Clinton Cabinet members Federico Pena and Alexis Herman during corruption probes, and various business people involved in “complex criminal investigations” according to the New York Times.

Which begs and pleads the question, is Obama looking for more protection for the White House from the various GOP congressional probes, or is he aware of the possibility that something much, much worse could break?

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[akphidelt]

Lol, must be fun being a conservative journalist. Just say whatever shit you want and the degenerates will believe it.

 

[MantisToboggan]

My guess would be he was hired because he has experience working with the executive branch, not because of any upcoming probe.

 

[russ1945]

Lol, must be fun being a conservative journalist. Just say whatever shit you want and the degenerates will believe it.

Or you can just continue to drink the kool aid.

 

[Dave007inVegas]

My guess would be he was hired because he has experience working with the executive branch, not because of any upcoming probe.

There must be a reason. We’ll just have wait and see.

My guess would be to start insulating himself.

 

[SheriffJoe]

There must be a reason. We’ll just have wait and see.

My guess would be to start insulating himself.

As Rev. Wright would say, "chickens coming home to roost"

 

[MantisToboggan]

There must be a reason. We’ll just have wait and see.

My guess would be to start insulating himself.

Yeah, the reason is there is a chance the Republicans pick up the Senate in November. If that happens, Eggleston's experience dealing with Executive Branch/Legislative Branch confrontations, Whitewater and Iran-Contra, is invaluable.

 

[SheriffJoe]

Yeah, the reason is there is a chance the Republicans pick up the Senate in November. If that happens, Eggleston's experience dealing with Executive Branch/Legislative Branch confrontations, Whitewater and Iran-Contra, is invaluable.

Sad how these scandals only come to light when the other party is in power.

Obama has more skeletons in his closet than most women have shoes.

 

[MantisToboggan]

Sad how these scandals only come to light when the other party is in power.

Obama has more skeletons in his closet than most women have shoes.

I wasn't implying that there were skeletons in President Obama's closet. I was just saying that typically the legislative and executive branch battle it out when the house/senate is controlled by one party and the executive office is controlled by the other, thereby making his experience valuable. If I was unclear, I apologize.

 

[Dave007inVegas]

Yeah, the reason is there is a chance the Republicans pick up the Senate in November. If that happens, Eggleston's experience dealing with Executive Branch/Legislative Branch confrontations, Whitewater and Iran-Contra, is invaluable.

Does anyone think this may have a smidgen to do with it.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/04/22/Unmasking-the-Imperial-Presidency

From the above article…

As solutions to the problem of the Imperial Presidency, Cantor's online report offers two new laws: the Faithful Execution of the Law Act (H.R.3973) and the ENFORCE the Law Act (H.R.4138). The first would require federal officials who refuse to enforce a federal law to inform Congress and provide a reason; the second would enable the House or Senate to sue the Obama administration to compel it to faithfully implement the law, with expedited review by the courts.

 

[hehateme82]

Sad how these scandals only come to light when the other party is in power.

Obama has more skeletons in his closet than most women have shoes.

6 years and no significant skeletons have been found.. you may want to move on.

 

[MantisToboggan]

6 years and no significant skeletons have been found.. you may want to move on.

Exactly. If Bill, Hilary and team couldn't find anything. It is unlikely to exist.

 

[akphidelt]

6 years and no significant skeletons have been found.. you may want to move on.

Rubbish, Russ is one dot away from connecting it all!

 

[MantisToboggan]

Rubbish, Russ is one dot away from connecting it all!

Typical passive aggressive shot.

 

[akphidelt]

Typical passive aggressive shot.

Ask Russ about his dots... he'll tell you all about them!

 

[Willie99]

what he needs is a good constitutional lawyer, but that might create a whole new set of problems when the constitutional lawyer would say "you can't do that"

after that, maybe an ambulance chaser who find the next crisis he needs to fix (read put on steroids)

then maybe a family lawyer, one who could try to reconcile all the hatred the least prepared man in the roomed willed upon the american people with his divide the nation rhetoric

maybe a bankruptcy attorney, since the nation and many of it's citizens are both financially and morally bankrupt

finally, convene a grand jury of international law scholars so he can prosecute american military personnel, that ought to seal the deal

 

[Willie99]

Exactly. If Bill, Hilary and team couldn't find anything. It is unlikely to exist.

but they couldn't risk alienating a base they would need to win

and she thought she would win, just like Romney did. I think they're still shocked they lost

 

[akphidelt]

what he needs is a good constitutional lawyer, but that might create a whole new set of problems when the constitutional lawyer would say "you can't do that"

after that, maybe an ambulance chaser who find the next crisis he needs to fix (read put on steroids)

then maybe a family lawyer, one who could try to reconcile all the hatred the least prepared man in the roomed willed upon the american people with his divide the nation rhetoric

maybe a bankruptcy attorney, since the nation and many of it's citizens are both financially and morally bankrupt

finally, convene a grand jury of international law scholars so he can prosecute american military personnel, that ought to seal the deal

What he needs is a Congress that isn't made up of imbeciles that think like you.

 

[Dave007inVegas]

What he needs is a Congress that isn't made up of imbeciles that think like you.

I’ve noticed that no one is responding to your irrelevant posts.

I kind of feel sorry for you, so I’ll throw you a bone.

We are grateful for the imbeciles in Congress.

And there is a high probability that both Houses will have a majority of imbeciles come November.

Chew on that!

 

[akphidelt]

I’ve noticed that no one is responding to your irrelevant posts.

I kind of feel sorry for you, so I’ll throw you a bone.

We are grateful for the imbeciles in Congress.

And there is a high probability that both Houses will have a majority of imbeciles come November.

Chew on that!

You should not feel sorry for anyone. You have enough problems to deal with that only professionals could fix. And I'm glad you like a slow growing economy with a government that does nothing. Can't wait for the next two years of more mediocrity. Still think Dems will hold on to the Senate though. We all know your guys history of predicting elections, lol.