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Ivanka Trump Turns to Abbe Lowell as Husband Testifies on Russia Contacts

Even as her husband Jared Kushner testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Monday, Ivanka Trump has not been identified publicly as a target of scrutiny by Congress or Special Counsel Robert Mueller as they probe Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election.
But along with Kushner, the president's daughter has retained criminal defense lawyer Abbe Lowell, who is head of the white-collar group at Norton Rose Fulbright in Washington, D.C., to counsel her through the investigations.
As previously reported, Kushner and Trump both first retained Jamie Gorelick of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr to handle questions related to government disclosure requirements and potential conflicts between their business and government roles. Then, when Kushner added Lowell to his team, Trump did the same. Lowell, along with Gorelick, will provide ethics advice and address any questions about the investigations if they arise for her.
Her decision to hire a white-collar defense lawyer — and parallel moves by others tied to the Trump campaign — strikes former Manhattan federal prosecutor Ira Sorkin as both an obvious and wise move.
"You have to be ready to go just in case Mr. Mueller says he needs something," said Sorkin, a partner at New York's Mintz & Gold who is best known for representing Ponzi fraudster Bernie Madoff.
"It's just standard operating procedure," Sorkin said. "My own feeling is that every individual working in the administration is going to have to get their own lawyer. It's just the right [thing] to do."

http://www.nationallawjournal.com/id=1202793784657?slreturn=20170625130320