Obama lawyers form ‘worst-case scenario’ group to tackle @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/Zi55IshnXN pic.twitter.com/qKMnnIySHh

— POLITICO (@politico) February 24, 2017

Top lawyers who helped the Obama White House craft and hold to rules of conduct believe President Donald Trump and his staff will break ethics norms meant to guard against politicization of the government — and they’ve formed a new group to prepare, and fight.

They started by submitting 50 Freedom of Information Act requests this week that they believe will confirm their suspicions. The plan is to bring what they find to reporters, build it into pressure for congressional oversight with the help of a campaign director they’ll hire, and, as necessary, to file lawsuits.