WH Counsel To Defend Trump During Senate Trial

NBC News reports:

White House counsel Pat Cipollone is expected to argue on behalf of President Donald Trump during the Senate impeachment trial, a senior administration official told NBC News on Friday. It wasn’t immediately clear whether any additional counsel would either represent or advise the White House in the impeachment trial.

As Trump’s lawyer in the Senate, Cipollone — who spent most of his career in commercial litigation and doesn’t have extensive experience as a trial lawyer or on television — would now be thrust into the limelight in what will effectively be the most high-profile defense attorney role in the nation.

White House counsel Pat Cipollone has repeatedly revised his personal financial disclosure—indicating the information he previously provided was incomplete or incorrect—yet the Office of Government Ethics has still not signed off on the document. https://t.co/mwxnDgdQ2R

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) December 13, 2019

It’s an utter embarrassment that any member of the bar, let alone the White House counsel, would write, sign, or send this letter. https://t.co/2IT9WBob0H

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) December 6, 2019