Reading Room Document
Representation of White House Employees
The following memorandum opinion discusses the propriety, under applicable laws and regulations, of providing legal representation at government expense to White House employees in connection with pending investigations by the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility and the Senate Judiciary Committee. Its conclusions are summarized in its second paragraph. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/24586/download.
The OLC's Opinions
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