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SunSeeker

(51,518 posts)
Sat Dec 31, 2016, 04:08 AM Dec 2016

Kellyanne Conway's husband on short list for top US lawyer job

Source: CNN

George Conway declined to comment, but one of the sources said he would accept the position should Trump tap him to be the government's top litigator. The other source said he has been interviewed by Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, Trump's attorney general-designate.
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George Conway is a partner at the corporate law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, where he has worked for 28 years. He is currently a partner in the firm's litigation department, where he has honed his talents in securities, contract and antitrust litigation, according to his firm's website.
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Throughout his career, he has represented high-profile clients, including the National Football League and cigarette giant Philip Morris, whom he represented in a successful defamation lawsuit against ABC News.
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He was part of the team of lawyers in the 1990s who represented Paula Jones in her sexual harassment lawsuit against then-President Bill Clinton. He helped write the Supreme Court brief in the case that would establish a legal precedent for a sitting president to be sued in civil court.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/30/politics/kellyanne-conways-husband-on-short-list-for-top-us-lawyer-job/index.html



Figures. He's part of that Mercer/Bannon cabal that have spent decades trying to destroy the Clintons. But oh the irony that Kelleyanne's hubby established the precedent that sitting presidents can be sued, since Trump will be getting sued...a lot.
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Kellyanne Conway's husband on short list for top US lawyer job (Original Post) SunSeeker Dec 2016 OP
Wink Trumpindale (Game Show Clown) Will Appoint A SC Judge.. Grassy Knoll Dec 2016 #1
Here is hoping the President civil suit comes back to bite Trump in the fat ass! Dustlawyer Dec 2016 #2
Anyone watching the kids?? Consuela? Manuela? Maria? Anyone? Vinca Dec 2016 #3
Wow. What a man of the people. DK504 Dec 2016 #4
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