Bannon lawyer acknowledges risk of conflicts

The lawyer representing President Trump’s former chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, and two other clients close to President Trump in the Russian probe acknowledges the potential of conflicts in defending the three figures. 

“It’s a general pool type of relationship where, if a conflict arises, where everyone in good faith will try to figure out what the best way to proceed is,” William Burck told Politico in a new interview. “I can never be adverse to one of those guys.”

{mosads}Burck represents former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and current counsel Don McGahn, in addition to Bannon. 

McGahn hired Burck after Trump ousted former FBI Director James Comey in May, and Priebus went to the attorney after he departed the White House in July. 

Mueller has reportedly approved the arrangement. 

Burck told Politico there is no coordination regarding testimony between his clients and the White House. He added, however, that the administration has given him documents on his clients’ work for the president. 

Burck is currently preparing Bannon to sit down with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team at the end of this month and worked with the former White House chief strategist when he testified before the House Intelligence Committee. 

Bannon made headlines earlier this month after he made a series of explosive claims in Michael Wolff’s book, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” including calling Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian lawyer in Trump Tower “treasonous.”