Trump Staffers Told To Buy Legal Defense Insurance
NBC News reports:
Incoming administration staffers are being warned to weigh the threat of a pricey legal defense and consider purchasing a form of legal insurance that would provide them a lawyer if needed, a protection that many now consider part of doing business after former Trump aides were hauled before congressional committees and grand juries over the past eight years, five former senior administration officials and longtime Washington advisers said.
In a cautionary move, Trump’s transition has briefed some incoming administration staff members on the need to price and buy professional liability insurance. It’s a lesson many learned the hard way. During Trump’s first term, White House aides said they would not cooperate with Democrats’ probes, and officials rebuffed demands to testify before Congress during Mueller’s investigation, the Trump-Ukraine
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