A White House lawyer’s presence at classified intelligence briefings Thursday on the FBI’s tactics in the Russia investigation came at the request of President Trump himself, according to his newest attorney Rudy Giuliani.
Emmet Flood, a longtime Washington attorney who joined Trump’s legal team earlier this month, gave brief remarks before a pair of meetings between senior law enforcement officials and key members of Congress at the Justice Department.
“The President personally wanted Emmet there today,” Giuliani told ABC News.
The White House said that Flood and chief of staff John Kelly made an appearance before the meetings began to stress the need “for as much openness as possible under the law.”
However, the top Democrats on the House and Senate Intelligence committees denounced the presence of Flood at the meetings Thursday, which they attended.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said Flood, the White House lawyer handling the Russia investigation, had “no business showing up to a classified intelligence briefing.”
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), meanwhile, called it “completely inappropriate” and “entirely improper” for the lawyer to show up at the meetings.
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