Trump Taps Lawyer Who Helped Defend Him as Wall Street’s Top Cop

Trump Taps Lawyer Who Helped Defend Him as Wall Street’s Top Cop. President Donald Trump tapped an experienced white-collar lawyer who helped defend him in a hush money case to be US attorney for the Southern District of New York, the feder…

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Trump Taps Lawyer Who Helped Defend Him as Wall Street’s Top Cop. President Donald Trump tapped an experienced white-collar lawyer who helped defend him in a hush money case to be US attorney for the Southern District of New York, the federal prosecutor whose office handles many high-profile Wall Street cases.

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