I know this is wapo but look what it says about lannys background
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/lanny-davis-the-ultimate-clinton-loyalist-is-now-michael-cohens-lawyer-but-dont-call-it-revenge/2018/08/23/e1550056-a6b9-11e8-97ce-cc9042272f07_story.html?utm_term=.d5f12a294317
He advised Martha Stewart during her stock manipulation maelstrom, Alex Rodriguez in his fight over a suspension from baseball for using banned substances, and Penn State amid the fallout over former football coach Jerry Sandusky’s sex abuse scandal. And when Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder needed help managing the hubbub over the team’s name and a defamation lawsuit against Washington City Paper, he turned to Davis, too.