Russia Scandal Ices Government Lawyer Hiring

jgerstein@politico.com (Josh Gerstein), Politico
Sun, 05/28/2017 - 4:06am

President Donald Trump was already struggling to fill hundreds of top legal jobs throughout the federal government.Over the past two weeks, that task became exponentially more difficult, according to top GOP lawyers.Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey and the subsequent string of allegations – from Trump demanding a pledge of loyalty from Comey and pressuring him to ease off a probe into his former aide, to revelations that Trump trashed Comey as a “nut job” in an Oval Office meeting with top Russian officials—have narrowed the ranks of people willing to serve.“They were dealing with a pool that had already shrunk and, now, of course, some people will be avoiding it like the plague,” said one well-connected GOP lawyer who held a top-level post in President George W.

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