Interim White House communications director Hope Hicks has retained a personal lawyer amid the ongoing Russia investigation, Politico reports. Hicks has hired Robert Trout of the Trout Cacheris & Janis law firm, who previously served at the Department of Justice and as a former assistant U.S. attorney in Baltimore.
The reported hire comes as special counsel Robert Mueller looks to question White House staff as part of the federal investigation into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, several news outlets have reported.
The Daily Beast reported Friday on effort to organize a legal defense fund for White House staffers to help cover legal bills associated with the special counsel probe.
Mueller has expressed interest in interviewing six current and former White House aides, including Hicks, The Washington Post reports.
Mueller reportedly also has his sights set on former White House press secretary Sean Spicer and former chief of staff Reince Priebus. The report indicates that Mueller is seeking to interview more individuals closer to the President, but that that no request has been made yet to interview the President himself.
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