White House Counsel | |
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Incumbent Dana Remus since January 20, 2021 | |
Formation | 1943 |
First holder | Samuel Rosenman |
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Stephen Miller (political advisor)Stephen MillerPresidentDonald TrumpPreceded byCody KeenanSucceeded byVinay ReddyPersonal details16 more rows
Pam Bondi. Pam Bondi, a special advisor to Trump, speaks as part of his defense team during the Senate impeachment trial, January 29, 2020. (Source: C-SPAN) Another registered lobbyist who defended the president is Pam Bondi, a former Florida attorney general.
(Source: C-SPAN) Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard law professor known for representing celebrity criminal defendants, also has other business before the Trump administration.
Dershowitz controversially said in Trump’s defense on the Senate floor in January that “if a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment.”.
Exhibit A is the president’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who, rather than participating in Trump’s defense during the impeachment trial, was himself a major topic of debate on the Senate floor. Giuliani’s name appears hundreds of times in the House Judiciary Committee’s report accompanying the articles of impeachment.
In early 2019, the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel reversed its previous position on the law to correspond with an expansive interpretation favored by Sheldon Adelson, a casino operator who is one of Trump’s biggest donors and an opponent of online gambling, which competes with his business.
Jay Sekulow. Jay Sekulow, a personal attorney to Trump, speaks during the Senate impeachment trial, January 29, 2020. (Source: C-SPAN) Until its recent indictment by the Justice Department for money laundering and violating sanctions against Iran, state-owned Turkish bank Halkbank was another of Ballard’s clients.
Marc Owens, a former top IRS official , told the Associated Press this month that the IRS should investigate. “This is an apparent web of organizations that seem to exist to pay compensation to Sekulow and his family members,” said Owens.
Jim Secreto, Special Assistant to the President and Director of Confirmations. Jim Secreto previously served as Counsel to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Chief Counsel to the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, and Chief Investigative Counsel to then-Ranking Member Tom Carper on Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. ...
Jonathan Black, Special Assistant to the President and Senate Legislative Affairs Liaison. Jonathan Black served as a Senior Policy Advisor to U.S. Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico on energy and environmental issues from 2013-2021.
Chad Metzler, Special Assistant to the President and Senate Legislative Affairs Liaison. Chad Metzler was Legislative Director for U.S. Senator Angus King. Before that he was the Staff Director for the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging, and served as Legislative Director for U.S. Senator Herb Kohl.
He lives in Maryland with his wife and two sons. Dan Jacobson, General Counsel for the Office of Administration. Before joining the Biden-Harris Administration, Daniel Jacobson was an attorney at Arnold & Porter in Washington D.C. where he focused on voting rights litigation. Jacobson previously served as an Associate Counsel in ...
Eva Kemp was Vice President of Program at SKDKnickerbocker, managing the direct mail program for the Biden for President campaign. Prior to her role on the campaign, she served as an IE Political Desk at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and Deputy States Paid Media Director for Mike Bloomberg 2020.
Jeff Nussbaum, Senior Presidential Speechwriter. Jeff Nussbaum most recently served as a partner at the speechwriting and strategy firm West Wing Writers. He traveled with President Biden during the 2008 Obama-Biden campaign and previously wrote for Vice President Al Gore and Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle.
Varghese has also served as a Senior Advisor at Dentons, Chief Operating Officer at the Hub Project and as an Associate at Wade Clark Mulcahy in New York. The son of immigrants from Kerala, India, Varghese was born in New York City and raised in Elmont, New York.
The White House counsel is a senior staff appointee of the president of the United States whose role is to advise the president on all legal issues concerning the president and their administration. The White House counsel also oversees the Office of White House Counsel, a team of lawyers and support staff who provide legal guidance for ...
The Office of Counsel to the President and Vice President was created in 1943, and is responsible for advising on all legal aspects of policy questions; legal issues arising in connection with the President's decision to sign or veto legislation, ethical questions, financial disclosures; and conflicts of interest during employment and post employment. The Counsel's office also helps define the line between official and political activities, oversees executive appointments and judicial selection, handles presidential pardons, reviews legislation and presidential statements, and handles lawsuits against the president in his role as president, as well as serving as the White House contact for the Department of Justice .
Dana Remus is the current White House counsel and has served in the role since January 2021.