To Democrats, Cipollone and his colleagues in the counsel’s office are enablers of a president already disinclined to abide by norms and traditions
During the 21 months of Don McGahn’s stormy tenure at the White House, he would often tell colleagues, half-joking: “It’s a good week if I don’t get called into the Oval.”
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. Cipollone’s traditional approach to the job stands in sharp contrast to that of his predecessor, a rumpled election lawyer who didn’t jell with Trump, and who focused almost exclusively on judicial nominations and deregulation. McGahn, who departed in mid-October, frequently dispatched deputies to policy meetings and was rarely present when issues finally reached the president’s desk.
As a young lawyer in the 1990s, Cipollone worked as an all-purpose adviser and speechwriter in the attorney general’s office during Attorney General William Barr’s first stint on the job. The two share an expansive view of executive authority — one they say is simply a reflection of the Constitution, but that critics charge gives the president too much power. Cipollone has expressed that view in a series of letters to congressional investigators — telling them, in effect, to pound sand.
In Washington, Cipollone is part of what many in conservative legal circles jokingly call the “Catholic mafia,” a group of like-minded lawyers and co-religionists who have gained influence in the Trump administration.
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