"The vice president is focused entirely on his duties and promoting the president's agenda and looks forward to a swift conclusion of this matter", Jarrod Agen, Pence's communications director, said, when confirming Cullen's hiring, which was initially reported by The Washington Post.
At a conference on Central American security and economic issues, officials in the administration of President Donald Trump repeatedly said that strengthening the USA border and reducing the flow of migrants- key elements of Trump's agenda - depend on stabilizing a region that has been engulfed in drug-fueled violence in recent years.
Now, as pressure on Pence continues to build - notably, members of Trump's transition team, which was led by Pence, were ordered to preserve documents related to the Russian Federation investigation just yesterday - he's headed to his home state of IN to raise money for the PAC.
The operating question for both Pence and Trump, who similarly has hired a private lawyer: Would the two Republicans need to retain counsel if they had not run in or won the 2016 election? But Trump later said he was going to fire Comey regardless of the recommendation.
Cullen was also on the staff of former Rep. M Caldwell Butler, R-Virginia, who was a freshman congressman when he voted to impeach then-President Richard Nixon over the Watergate scandal.
The vice president made the final decision to hire Cullen earlier this week, and aide told CNN, and stressed that the decision to hire Cullen was not prompted by anything. O'Sullivan called this a "white-collar rule of thumb", but said many public officials are reluctant to invoke the Fifth because they believe that doing so implies guilt. Pence interviewed several lawyers before selecting Cullen, who is based in Richmond.
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On Wednesday, the Washington Post reported that Mueller is investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice in the Russian Federation investigation. The move comes just one day after it was announced that President Donald Trump is being investigated for obstruction of justice.
While a sitting president is unlikely to face criminal prosecution, obstruction of justice could form the basis for impeachment.
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.It was not clear why he attributed the report to an Federal Bureau of Investigation leak.
US and Central American officials found common ground Thursday on the benefits of economic development and the need to reduce drug trafficking as the administration of President Donald Trump proposes to dial back financial assistance to the region. Cullen, Pence's new lawyer, did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
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