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Jay Sekulow, a private lawyer for President Trump, tells me that the White House doesn't plan a "war room"-like structure of legal and communications rapid response like President Bill Clinton deployed during the last impeachment fight.
Invoking the Mueller investigation, Sekulow said: "We have just handled a major investigation that was multifaceted and multi-jurisdictional. There was no war room. We responded as appropriate. We won that battle."
Sekulow said the impeachment inquiry "will be handled the same way."
- "Solid teams are in place both inside the White House and outside," the lawyer said. "I am confident that we will meet any issues with Congress."
- Trump, like during the Russia probe, will often serve as the commander, the spokesman, and the combatant.
- You saw this last night when he decided to quote a pastor claiming America could fall into a civil war if he is ousted.
Lanny Davis, the face of Clinton's war room during the impeachment battle of 1998-99, said Trump's team is making a mistake by not distinguishing between the Mueller investigation and impeachment.
- Davis said the Clinton war room included about a dozen people, half of them lawyers.
- "Without facts, good or bad," Davis told me, "you can't effectively defend against impeachment."
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