
How a Bannon lawyer with civil rights creds became a Trump world go-to
CNN
David Schoen has stepped forward to represent conservative firebrand Steve Bannon in his contempt of Congress case after two previous stints defending self-proclaimed "dirty trickster" Roger Stone, and even former President Donald Trump. But Schoen insists politics is not playing into his decision.
Instead, Schoen says his three-decade-long career as a civil rights attorney made it a no-brainer.
"I subscribe to the words of the great lawyer Charles Hamilton Houston," Schoen told CNN, "to the effect that a lawyer is either a social engineer or a parasite on society. I have wanted to try to make a change to help others who need help."

Trump’s economic team of rivals braces for turbulence after doing little to curb his tariff appetite
President Donald Trump is happy to talk about the financial markets when they’re rising, as they were on Wednesday, but when markets were falling Thursday in the aftermath of his remarkable turnabout on tariffs, he punted to the closest adviser around.