Even though President Trump's counsel Jay Sekulow announced Monday that veteran DC lawyer, Fox News commentator, and conspiracy theorist Joseph diGenova would be joining the president's legal team, CNN reports Trump has not hired him yet.
DiGenova and his wife and law partner, Victoria Toensing, met with President Trump Thursday.
One source said that while Trump liked their message, the President is not convinced they are right for the legal jobs.
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A source familiar with the plans said on Monday that diGenova's role was to engage with the media and actively defend the President.
But there is concern about conflicts for both diGenova and Toensing, according to two sources. The two run a small firm and there is a question if diGenova can reasonably claim a lack of conflict when his wife represents clients like Mark Corrallo, who has spoken to special counsel Robert Mueller's team about how the President and his team responded to the revelations regarding the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting that Donald Trump Jr. and other campaign officials had with a group of Russians.
Toensing also represents former Trump campaign national co-chair Sam Clovis, who has faced scrutiny for his connection to campaign foreign policy team member George Papadopoulos, two sources said. NBC News reported Clovis talked to the special counsel. Toensing has asked her clients to sign waivers regarding the conflicts, CNN is told by one person familiar with the matter, but that may not be sufficient to assuage the concerns.