Trumpâs lawyer calls for a special counsel investigation of alleged corruption at FBI and Justice Department
Jay Sekulow
Jay Sekulow  chief counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice  introduces Republican presidential candidate and former Florida governor Jeb Bush during a presidential candidate forum at Regent University in Virginia Beach  on Oct. 23  2015. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Jay Sekulow  a member of the legal team counseling Trump on special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's wide-ranging Russia probe  said Tuesday that a second special counsel should be appointed to focus on FBI and Justice Department investigators.
 Sekulow 's call for a second special counsel was first reported Tuesday morning by Axios.
 Sekulow  did not allege wrongdoing on the part of Mueller or  his  team  telling The Washington Post that  his  call for a second special counsel has ânothing to do with Bob Mueller.â
But  Sekulow  argued that alleged conflicts of interest among FBI and Justice Department officials demand a full investigation by a special counsel.  He  singled out a Fox News report last week that Bruce G. Ohr  a senior Justice Department official  was demoted amid an investigation of  his  contacts with Fusion GPS  the opposition research firm that commissioned a salacious dossier documenting Trump's ties to Russia.
âThis is the kind of situation that  in my view  warrants a special counsel â  Sekulow  said.
Asked whether he was speaking on Trump's behalf or whether the president agrees with having a second special counsel   Sekulow  would not answer.  He  said  he  does not speak publicly about  his  conversations with the president.
 Sekulow  works alongside John M. Dowd  another private attorney for the president  and in close collaboration with Ty Cobb  a White House lawyer who handles the Russia portfolio.
[TGT] chief counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice  introduces Republican presidential candidate and former Florida governor Jeb Bush during a presidential candidate forum at Regent University in Virginia Beach  on Oct. 23  2015. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
 [TGT] a member of the legal team counseling Trump on special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's wide-ranging Russia probe  said Tuesday that a second special counsel should be appointed to focus on FBI and Justice Department investigators.
 Sekulow 's call for a second special counsel was first reported Tuesday morning by Axios.
  [TGT] did not allege wrongdoing on the part of Mueller or   [TGT]   team  telling The Washington Post that   [TGT]   call for a second special counsel has ânothing to do with Bob Mueller.â
But   [TGT] argued that alleged conflicts of interest among FBI and Justice Department officials demand a full investigation by a special counsel.   [TGT]   singled out a Fox News report last week that Bruce G. Ohr  a senior Justice Department official  was demoted amid an investigation of  his  contacts with Fusion GPS  the opposition research firm that commissioned a salacious dossier documenting Trump's ties to Russia.
âThis is the kind of situation that  in my view  warrants a special counsel â   [TGT] said.
Asked whether  [TGT]  was speaking on Trump's behalf or whether the president agrees with having a second special counsel   Sekulow  would not answer.   [TGT]   said   [TGT]   does not speak publicly about   [TGT]   conversations with the president.
  [TGT] works alongside John M. Dowd  another private attorney for the president  and in close collaboration with Ty Cobb  a White House lawyer who handles the Russia portfolio.