West Wing aides are preparing for the potential financial burden of hiring legal help as investigators probe the alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, according to a report from Politico.

“I do think people should be lawyering up,” former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg told Politico. “The FBI doing its due diligence has to ask you about the contact and what he said to you.”

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While President Trump has the resources to hire attorneys to defend him during the investigation, it is more difficult for many White House employees to afford such help. Conflict of interest restrictions can prevent aides from accepting discounted legal advice or finding firms unaffiliated with the White House.

"It can cost a lot of money," a former George W. Bush aide told Politico. "Just for safety sake. Even if you've done nothing wrong."

Options for aides include filing for public subsides and relying on homeowners' insurance. The report says if employees solicit friends and family for advice, they must record the advice as a gift on their next financial disclosure.

Don McGahn is head of the White House counsel's office, however his relationship with clients does not extend outside of White House duties.

The report comes after a week of revelations surrounding the federal probe into potential ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. Politico reported on Thursday that Trump himself had met with lawyers. CNN reported late Friday that White House lawyers have begun looking into impeachment procedures.