Showing posts with label lawyer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lawyer. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’

An 18-year veteran of the US Department of the Interior has resigned in protest from the sprawling federal agency, denouncing “a deeply troubling assault on the rule of the law” that took place at the department under Donald Trump…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/06/veteran-conservative-quits-trumps-interior-department 


 

Thursday, September 25, 2025

The Democratic superlawyer Trump can’t silence

"Every day we wake up and we see another vindictive act by this administration against its political opponents, whether they be in elective office or be in the private sector," he told the Guardian. "I think anyone who uses their voice to speak up against Donald Trump needs to be realistic about the nature of this administration and the threats it poses."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/24/marc-elias-trump-democrats-retribution


 

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Lawyer for Venezuelans deported to El Salvador prison arrested | El Salvador | The Guardian

The arrest is part of an accelerating government crackdown on civil society and the free press as Bukele is apparently emboldened by his close relationship to the Trump administration, which is paying El Salvador to hold deported immigrants in its prison system...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/19/el-salvador-lawyer-arrested-deported-venezuelans 


 

Friday, March 14, 2025

Judge temporarily blocks Trump order punishing law firm tied to Clinton

"It sends little chills down my spine," Howell said of Trump using national security grounds to punish Perkins Coie, comparing the executive order to a "bill of attainder" – a legislative act that inflicts punishment without a trial, and is expressly barred by the US constitution...


Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Attorney On Trump's Georgia Call Works With Group Aiming To Eliminate Senate Elections | HuffPost

...Prominent conservative Republican lawyer Cleta Mitchell — a partner in the politically connected law firm Foley & Lardner — has been working with the American Legislative Exchange Council to challenge the results of the presidential election...

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Sunday, August 9, 2020

Complaint Filed Against Lawyer Working for Kanye West and Trump Campaigns

Watchdog group Campaign for Accountability filed a grievance on Friday against a lawyer who may be working for President Donald Trump's reelection campaign and the presidential campaign of performer Kanye West simultaneously.
https://www.newsweek.com/complaint-filed-against-lawyer-working-kanye-west-trump-campaigns-1523757

Saturday, May 9, 2020

Trump’s Commerce Department Just Hired a Lawyer With Ties to White Nationalists – Mother Jones

Within the past week, the Department of Commerce tapped Adam Candeub for an influential role in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration subagency as its deputy assistant secretary, according to an internal email obtained by Mother Jones. ..... While the email touts Candeub’s credentials as a Michigan State University law professor and his work in the Federal Communications Commission, it leaves off his legal work representing white nationalist Jared Taylor, who founded the New Century Foundation. The organization “purports to show the inferiority of blacks to whites,” according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/05/trumps-commerce-department-just-hired-a-lawyer-with-ties-to-white-nationalists/

Friday, December 20, 2019

White House lawyers exploring a novel legal theory — that Trump hasn’t actually been impeached: report – Raw Story

“Lawyers close to President Donald Trump are exploring whether House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to temporarily withhold articles of impeachment from the Senate could mean that the president hasn’t actually been impeached,” Bloomberg reported Thursday. https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/white-house-lawyers-exploring-a-novel-legal-theory-that-trump-hasnt-actually-been-impeached-report/

Thursday, November 7, 2019

George Conway: Giuliani tweet 'by itself establishes' that Trump 'committed an impeachable offense' | TheHill

Conservative attorney George Conway — husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway — tweeted Wednesday that a post from Rudy Giuliani , the president's personal attorney, confirmed that President Trump had committed an impeachable offense regarding his dealings with Ukraine. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/469324-george-conway-giuliani-tweet-by-itself-establishes-that-trump

Friday, October 18, 2019

Lanny Breuer: An open letter to White House counsel Pat Cipollone - The Washington Post

Dear Pat, We have never met. But I have also had the heavy responsibility you face today of representing a presidency in an impeachment proceeding, and after reading the letter you sent to Congress last week I felt compelled to write you this letter and offer you some advice. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/an-open-letter-to-white-house-counsel-pat-cipollone/2019/10/15/4f146e72-ef63-11e9-8693-f487e46784aa_story.html



Friday, October 11, 2019

George Conway: 'Garbage' White House legal defense 'virtually guarantees' Trump impeachment - The Hill

George Conway, a conservative lawyer and the husband of White House Counsellor Kellyanne Conway, in a new interview denounced a White House letter refusing to cooperate with the House impeachment inquiry, calling it a "garbage" defense that "virtually guarantees" President Trump's impeachment.....
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/465131-george-conway-garbage-white-house-legal-defense-virtually-guarantees

Saturday, October 5, 2019








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