President Trump is considering Washington litigator Pat Cipollone to replace WH consel Don McGahn

[Claritie Pixie]

Source: The Washington Post

Earlier this week, Trump interviewed Cipollone, a former Justice Department attorney who practices commercial litigation at Stein Mitchell Cipollone Beato & Missner, according to two people familiar with the president's thinking.
Cipollone has been working behind the scenes advising Trump's outside legal team since June. This is a developing story. It will be updated.



Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/08/31/president-trump-is-considering-washington-litigator-pat-cipollone-to-replace-outgoing-white-house-counsel-donald-mcgahn/

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. He doesn't need a commercial litigation guy. He needs the best criminal defense lawyer

in the universe, somebody who's represented clients in big money-laundering and tax cases, and who is an expert on constitutional law as well. But he won't get a lawyer like that because all of them have already been hired by other people who might be witnesses against him.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Shhhh.... let him proceed

Spanky thinks he needs to go on the offensive. This ought to be hilarious.

[Claritie Pixie]

4. Pat is Laura Ingraham's godfather.

That’s all I need to know about him. Found this:

https://books.google.com/books?id=ACNclAFnZNUC&pg=PA307&lpg=PA307&dq=pat+cipollone&source=bl&ots=pXyH4YCi8d&sig=Av4Wescom4gqPicKopFDCQgSCaA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-jpiy3JfdAhUjxYMKHWc-AZw4ChDoATANegQIBxAB#v=onepage&q=pat%20cipollone&f=false

[mahatmakanejeeves]

8. I didn't get understand that either. I thought experience in Con Law would be more useful. NT

[Dave Starsky]

11. He also won't get a lawyer like that...

Because he's an arrogant fucking dumbass who can't keep his mouth shut and can't follow simple instructions--two things credible defense attorneys insist on.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. He has to be the worst client ever.

No wonder his legal team has a revolving door. I can't imagine how frustrating and awful it must be to work for him.

[Dave Starsky]

14. He hires the worst attorneys ever.

I seem to recall one of his attorneys submitted a legal brief in which the word "affidavit " was misspelled throughout. Not even a junior-grade paralegal from a two-year diploma mill would do that.

[trusty elf]

2. I just don't understand why anyone would want to work for that *sshole.

[unblock]

5. he still doesn't understand that the white house counsel isn't the president's personal lawyer.

[exboyfil]

6. I wonder if Cipollone realizes

he is the attorney for the office of the President and not Trump's personal attorney. Or is he going to do a John Dean.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. He certainly knows that - it's Civics 101.

But Trump wants a stooge who'll protect him personally, and if he thinks Cipollone will do that he'll hire him. I hope Cipollone cares about his law license and his freedom, and thinks carefully about what happened to John Dean.

[4139]

7. I thought it would be Tom Hagen...

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[AKing]

9. Next up "Better Call Saul"

[Nitram]

12. "Commercial litigator?" Trump is so fucking dumb. Lucky for us.

[Yavin4]

15. Better call Saul n/t

[Marie Marie]

16. Makes sense to me that this is the type he would pick.

Litigation is all Trump has known his whole life. Although it is obvious that Trump has committed many criminal acts in his past, he has never had to defend himself against criminal charges. He still doesn't get it.