Why Covington’s Constrained as Michael Flynn Flays His Former Defense Team | National Law Journal

Late in November 2017, just days before Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, Covington & Burling partner Rob Kelner had visions for a roadshow to seize on the law firm s representation of the former Trump national security adviser.

In an email to his law firm partners, Kelner sketched out a three-city tour, with client briefings in New York, Los Angeles and Washington addressing the Foreign Agents Registration Act, a decades-old law requiring the disclosure of political influence work for foreign powers. As part of his plea deal, Flynn would admit he made material false statements and omissions in foreign-agent filings related to his advocacy for Turkey.

This may be a lot to bite off with the holidays coming up, wrote Kelner, the leader of Covington s election and political law practice group, but we may as well strike when the iron is hot, and I think Flynn would be fine with that, since the chances of our getting paid for his case are looking grim.

Before long, Covington s representation of Flynn would flip from a perceived marketing asset to a public relations headache. In June 2019, Flynn fired his Covington lawyers, replacing them with a new team including Sidney Powell, a Fox News flamethrower and former federal prosecutor who had widely denounced Special Counsel Robert Mueller III s investigation.

via www.law.com

I’m late to covering this story but I gather it’s one of many occupying the Washingtronic elites at the moment. The Covingtron is of course the temporary roosting place of yours truly.