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Conservatives rattled by floated names for WH counsel position
« on: September 05, 2018, 04:36:38 pm »
Conservatives rattled by floated names for WH counsel position
By Alexander Bolton - 09/05/18 06:00 AM EDT

The imminent departure of White House counsel Don McGahn has raised questions about what direction President Trump will go with his choice of a successor and has stirred some agitation among conservatives over whether the president will continue to stay focused on the judiciary.

Two names that have floated as possible successors to McGahn are members of Trump’s legal defense team and are seen as more geared toward battling with special counsel Robert Mueller or a Democratic-controlled House than shaping the federal judiciary to be more conservative.

A former Senate GOP aide said there had been some conservative pushback to Emmet Flood, a member of Trump’s legal team who advised former President Clinton during the 1998–1999 impeachment process. Flood is seen as a defense and impeachment specialist, but his commitment to conservative legal principles and finding and recommending textualist and constitutionalist judges is less known.

Another name floated is Pat Cipollone, a former Justice Department lawyer and veteran litigator who has advised Trump’s legal team on Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s election interference. Cipollone’s commitment to recommending judges who pass muster with the Federalist Society and other conservative groups is unclear.

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Re: Conservatives rattled by floated names for WH counsel position
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2018, 04:45:08 pm »
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Re: Conservatives rattled by floated names for WH counsel position
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2018, 04:48:19 pm »
Wouldn't have to worry about this if a certain Conservative had won the GOP nomination.
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Re: Conservatives rattled by floated names for WH counsel position
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2018, 05:34:00 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on September 05, 2018, 04:48:19 pm
Wouldn't have to worry about this if a certain Conservative had won the GOP nomination.

Then he should have done a better job of winning it.
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