0 1 9 ▁im pe achment ▁inqu iry . ▁ ▁By ▁Trump ' s ▁law y ers ▁and ▁al lies ▁▁ ▁On ▁December ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁K ory ▁Lang ho fer , ▁a ▁lawyer ▁for ▁Trump ▁for ▁America , ▁sent ▁a ▁letter ▁to ▁Congress ▁alleg ing ▁that ▁Mu eller ' s ▁team ▁had ▁un law fully ▁acquired , ▁via ▁the ▁G SA , ▁tens ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁emails ▁sent ▁and ▁received ▁by ▁th ir teen ▁senior ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Trump ▁transition ▁team . ▁The ▁communic ations ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁official ▁government al ▁president ial ▁transition ▁team ▁domain , ▁" pt t . gov ". ▁On ▁the ▁following ▁day , ▁G SA ▁Deput y ▁Coun sel ▁Len ny ▁Lo ew ent ritt ▁stated ▁that ▁Trump ' s ▁transition ▁team ▁had ▁been ▁explicitly ▁ad vised ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁transition ▁that ▁all ▁material ▁passing ▁through ▁government ▁equipment ▁would ▁be ▁subject ▁to ▁monitoring ▁and ▁aud iting , ▁and ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁held ▁back ▁from ▁law ▁enfor cement ▁officers . ▁A ▁sp okes man ▁for ▁Mu eller ' s ▁investigation , ▁Peter ▁Car r , ▁also ▁rejected ▁Lang ho fer ' s ▁claims , ▁stating ▁that ▁the ▁Trump ▁transition ▁emails ▁were ▁acquired ▁appropri ately ▁through ▁the ▁criminal ▁investigation ▁process . ▁ ▁On ▁March ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁Trump ' s ▁personal ▁att orney , ▁John ▁Dow d , ▁ur ged ▁Rod ▁Rosen stein ▁to ▁follow ▁the ▁" cou rage ous ▁example " ▁of