Stormy seas ahead for Trump's Lawyer

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Trump's current lawyer, Ty Cobb (no, not that one) is resigning. He's to be replaced by Emmet Flood - the lawyer who defended Clinton when he was looking at being impeached.

CBC News Analysis: Trump is bracing for a subpoena from Mueller. His options sound pretty rough The article provides opinions from Prof. Jonathan Turley (constitutional law professor at George Washington University), Prof. Louis Seidman (constitutional law professor at Georgetown University), Ryan Goodman (former special counsel to the general counsel of the U.S. Department of Defense), Prof. David Sklansky (criminal law professor, Stanford Law School), Prof. Mark Osler (law professor, University of St. Thomas), Paul Rosenzweig, senior counsel on independent counsel Ken Starr's investigation of Bill Clinton, and Prof. Susan Bloch (constitutional law professor, Georgetown University).

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All of these questions are asked in the analysis. Many have multiple answers, some building upon or contradicting answers by other experts. I've quoted a very few of the answers:

• Can the president be compelled via subpoena to testify?
  
• Is there legal precedent for this involving U.S. presidents?
  
• What's so risky about being compelled to testify?
  
• What if Trump refuses to comply with a Supreme Court order?
  

GOODMAN: That would invite a constitutional mini-crisis.

• Why doesn't Trump just plead the Fifth?
  

BLOCH: He could take the Fifth, which means "I refuse to testify on the grounds it might incriminate me," but it has political consequences. He already said, why would anyone take the Fifth unless you committed a crime? That would be quoted right back to him.

• On what grounds might Trump's team challenge a subpoena?
  
• But isn't it true that a sitting president can't be indicted?
  
• Should the president drag out this process with a Supreme Court challenge?​
  
• What about the Justice Department's role in all this?
  
• Can Congress compel Trump to testify?
  

That's a whole other, complicated matter. Turley told CBC's Mark Gollom that "nothing compels him to go."